and dark brown eyes surrounded by a large, heart-shaped facial disk. It is the largest of the three spotted owl species and measures 18 to 19 inches in length with a 40-inch wingspan. Females are ...
Considering this, and a whole host of other dangers posed by humanity, the vulnerable western burrowing owl — the only owl species that nests and roosts underground — just achieved “candidate” status ...
In the last half of the Clinton administration, the Forest Service initiated planning for the eight national forests of the Sierra Nevada under the so-called “Sierra Nevada Framework,” just as the ...
They have large brown eyes outlined with dramatic white feathers. The Cuban screech owl is not well studied, and information about its diet is scarce, but, like most owl species, it likely feeds ...
Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...
Luke Brown, one of the expert's behind the Museum's Sensational Butterflies ... before releasing them back into the exhibition later that evening.' In the wild, owl butterflies are nocturnal and fly ...