LONDON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- British conservationists say a rare black barn owl must remain in captivity to protect her from attack by her own species.
DURHAM, N.C., May 26 (UPI) -- A former neighbor of a Durham, N.C., man convicted of his wife's murder claims the death was not caused by a human, but rather by an aggressive owl.
GILROY, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- A California crew of tree-trimmers could face criminal charges for cutting down a palm tree with a barn owl nest in its branches, killing two owlets.
HARTHILL, England, April 18 (UPI) -- A large eagle owl has moved into a village in Northern England, scaring some residents and fascinating others.
CUMBRIA, England, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Conservationists at England's Forestry Commission found what they believe to be the oldest breeding tawny owl ever found.
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The hearing precision that allows owls to find prey is aiding U.S. scientists in their quest to diagnose a variety of problems rooted in the human brain.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 17 (UPI) -- Officials in the Canadian province of British Columbia have ordered all regional spotted owls to be collected to prevent the birds from going extinct.
CHIZE, France, April 3 (UPI) -- It might sound like a joke -- "Why do male owls hoot? -- but British and French scientists who study such things said the answer relates to territory claims.
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A Eugene, Ore., woman says an unlikely resident has braved construction noise to make its home in a new wing being built onto her home, a Western screech owl. Laura Fenimore said the owl, which perches out in the open in the area that will be Fenimore's n
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Washington state's Forest Practices Board has rejected a request to more closely study timber cutting in the spotted owl's remaining habitat.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Florida wildlife officials released a rare Antillean short-eared owl that turned up injured three weeks earlier at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
PLEASANT SPRINGS, Wis., March 2 (UPI) -- Bird watchers excited by a great gray owl near a southern Wisconsin power station on Lake Kegonsa sparked a security scare at the facility.
LONDON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Author J.K. Rowling has warned fans not to imitate Harry Potter by getting an owl for a pet, the Sun reported Wednesday.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Scottish wildlife officials are in a flap over giant, cannibalistic owls misguided people have been releasing into the wild, The Scotsman reports.
BEITH, England, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British wildlife experts warn despite what kids may read in their "Harry Potter" books, owls do not make good pets.
