The Great Grey Owl practices tireless hunting efforts. This has to do with the owl’s decision not to migrate, but instead to remain in the same location year-round. Consequently, during the winter, ...

Nicknamed the "ghosts of the forest," great grey owls are elusive. Photographer Ken Shults is on a quest to find and photograph these elegant owls. It’s dawn. The rising sun is just starting to break ...

DULUTH — Driving along Haines Road on April 3, I noticed a great gray owl sitting in the snow. Great gray owls are creatures of the boreal forest and only occasionally are found this far south. I was ...

Before I tell you about my local owl viewing, let me share with you the Minnesota Ornithologists Union's web report on the current owl influx. As of Jan. 15 more than 1,700 great grays, 300 northern ...

GRAND FORKS – Robert W. Nero died Jan. 23, four weeks past his 100th birthday. Such longevity itself is remarkable, but that’s not the reason to celebrate Nero’s life in this column. Instead, the ...

It’s somehow odd to think that when I was young, it was widely assumed that dinosaurs did not care for their young. There’s even a type of dinosaur called an Oviraptor (egg stealer), named such ...

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks’ favorite owl, Earl, is missing, and his keeper, Nancy DeWitt, is asking residents to be on the lookout for the big, gray bird. Earl, a captive great gray owl that DeWitt has ...