Owls, with their earth-toned feathers, are masters of camouflage. But not the barn owl. Adorned with striking white plumage ...

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.

It’s a quarter past ten and a great horned owl is softly hooting outside my bedroom window. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. Pause. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. Is it an omen ...

That was the case at Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia last weekend, when staff from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center released a great horned owl that had been in their care.