While reading “What an Owl Knows,” by the science writer Jennifer Ackerman, I was reminded that my daughter once received a gift of a winter jacket festooned with colorful owls. At the time I ...

Superb Owl party tonight! — shawnw ️ (@shawnw) February 3, 2008 Three years later, in 2011, the subreddit /r/Superbowl was started with the rules: “ (1) Image posts must contain an owl (2 ...

Rare Owl With Bright Orange Eyes Seen for the First Time in More Than 125 Years The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl is inspiring scientists and researchers after its brief rediscovery ...

Ms. Ackerman is the author of “What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds,” from which this essay is excerpted. When the first lucky observers spotted Flaco, the ...