The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns ...

It’s unclear what species the owl is, though photos of juvenile Great Horned Owls provided by the Cornell Lab could be a possible match.

FOSTER, R.I. – The baby owl, just two or three weeks old, was out of the nest and in trouble. Still a few weeks shy of learning to fly, the young great horned owl was found on the ground after ...

“The babies are growing really, really quickly, so a baby great-horned owl is nearly full-grown by the time they’re six to eight weeks old. They grow so fast. They’re eating twice as much as ...

A baby owl who had been injured after an apparent fall in Richfield has been reunited with its family. Patient 25-159 of the Raptor Center, a baby great-horned owl, was brought back to its nest at ...