They say the early bird catches the worm — probably because night owls are too depressed to do it. But why night owls — people who like to go to bed late and wake up late — seem to struggle ...

Federal job cuts have upended spotted owl surveys in Northern and Southern California. It’s unclear whether wildfire mitigation strategies such as forest thinning can happen if the surveys are ...

The owl, now a candidate to be listed under the state Endangered Species Act, will enjoy the same protections as if it was listed while a 12- to 18-month status review moves forward.

Alarming new evidence suggests that it may be unwise to be a night owl. A fresh study out of the Netherlands proposes that night owls may experience cognitive decline faster than early birds ...

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box.

How come people have come to think of owls as being wise birds? I don’t understand why you said “have come to think…” Maybe you didn’t mean it that way, but it sounds like you think this ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half ...

In August 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a plan to kill 450,000 invasive barred owls along the West Coast. The plan permits the lethal removal of the owls by attracting them ...

Researchers last year surveyed areas historically inhabited by 129 pairs of owls in the San Bernardino Mountains but found only 60 pairs — a decline of more than 50% in recent decades, according ...