Lexie Echols received an urgent call from her sister-in-law in late May. Driving through green pastures southeast of Corvallis, something had caught her attention. A barn owl was trapped on a barbed ...

Theses North Carolina owlets have drawn viewers from around the world. They are expected to leave the nest as soon as early July.

The species has been red-listed in Ireland due to a significant decline in the breeding population.

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