The call was to draw in migrating owls – the mist nets are so fine that the owls can’t detect them. Measuring just a little over seven inches tall and weighing about as much as a robin ...

It all started two years ago when a cousin gave Dr Alvin Ng an owl origami and called him “Owl-vin”. An idea struck.

A female snowy owl leaves her nest as a human approaches. This is her first line of defense to not draw attention to the nest location. Melissa Groo A white glow against the brown summer tundra ...

7. The Chauvet Caves of southern France have the oldest known depiction of an owl in the world, estimated to be 36,000 years old. The bird is drawn from behind, with its head swiveled backwards ...