Unmistakable due to their sheer size, great gray owls are the largest North American owls in terms of size but not the heaviest. This honor goes to the snowy owl, which is on average at least 10 cm ...

The great gray owl has long been thought of as a sentinel of the Alaska wilderness, keeping watch over snow-laden forests as ...

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks got a strong message from a handful of wildlife photographers this spring: They really give a hoot about a certain great gray owl nest on the ...

They have sturdy, medium-sized bodies and brownish-grey plumage. However, in contrast to the great horned owl’s bright yellow ...

The great grey owl is one of the largest owls in the world and Manitoba’s provincial bird. It’s not a very agile flier but is still a deadly predator. It prefers to strike from short distances ...

For at least a decade, a pair of great gray owls have made their nest each spring in the top of a broken cottonwood tree trunk on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range northeast of Missoula.

5. Owls have extremely acute hearing, developed because they largely hunt at night. The Great Grey Owl can locate its rodent prey, hidden beneath 2 feet of snow, from a distance of half a mile away.

It seems we’re all afraid of the rain. While I know we live in the west, I have a hard time believing any of us will melt like the Wicked Witch of the West. I like to think we’re all little ...

Having tracked this great grey owl’s every move for weeks, Jonas set out in his car, on the night of a full moon, to capture a photograph of the bird. When he spotted his subject, Jonas cast his ...

The northern spotted owl can’t get a break. The Pacific Northwest bird's survival is in peril due to a combination of factors ...

When there is a population crash of voles and other rodents in the boreal forest, numbers of Great Gray Owls may drift into the northeast, causing excitement for birders.

They really give a hoot about a certain great gray owl nest on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range northeast of Missoula. The photographers contacted the department after word spread among them ...