Each type of owl has different needs: some need forests, like the spotted owl, while the largest owl, the Eurasian eagle-owl, needs large territories and large prey.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is home to a pair of burrowing owls in an off-view breeding area. However, you can observe these fascinating birds on this live cam—which provides views above ground, as well inside the birds' underground burrow, …

Horned owls, hawks, foxes, badgers, and even domestic pests hunt the burrowing owl. The owls will often run into their burrows when they feel threatened—and to scare off predators, they will often make a hissing or rattling noise.

Barn owls are nocturnal hunters and prefer to pursue prey while perched on a fence or post instead of hovering over a field as other predatory birds. A barn owl will attack its prey in a low flight, grab it with its feet, and nip it through the back of the skull with its bill.

Having the most sensitive hearing of all owls, the barn owl can pinpoint the direction and distance of rustling prey in total darkness. Not a hooting owl, this bird makes raspy screeches, hisses, and clicks with its beak.

Owls live in trees, sleep during the day, and come out at night to hunt, right? Not the burrowing owl! It lives in treeless prairies and desert areas of North and South America. The petite, long-legged burrowing owl has an “earthy” lifestyle and prefers to go about its business during the day.

Eastern screech owls are distributed widely from southern Canada, across the entire eastern United States, and into northern Mexico. They are found in almost all types of woodland …

Whether making its home in open country, groves, farms, barns, towns or cliffs, the barn owl is great at pest control: a pair of the birds can kill about 1,000 mice in the span of a year. Learn more about Stone Zoo's Barn Owl.

Spotting burrowing owls is a difficult task. Weighing just 7 ounces and standing only 10 inches tall, these diminutive birds are one of the smallest owls in North America. They stay hidden in burrows excavated by ground squirrels and other species, making the sight of …

Burrowing owls can be greatly impacted by habitat loss and urbanization. Here in Phoenix, Arizona there have been efforts to protect threatened local populations by the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center and Wild at Heart Raptor Rescue.