A brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis), photographed recently in Jhenaidah, fixes its piercing gaze on the camera as it perches quietly atop a high branch.

Securing the title of the world’s largest owl requires a 6-foot, 3-inch wingspan. Having only 1,700 mature individuals remaining leaves Blakiston’s fish owl in a highly vulnerable state.

JAKARTA, Indonesia Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl — one that has a distinct whistling song and is believed to exist nowhere else in ...

The Blakiston’s fish owl is the world’s largest owl, ranging from the eastern woodlands of Hokkaido, Japan, to the Primorye territory in the south of Russia’s Far East. The species is endangered, with ...

(AP) Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl one that has a distinct whistling song and is believed to exist nowhere else in the world. The ...