The scientists have to carefully put the mice inside cages that will protect the mice when an owl swoops down, attracted by the rodents noisily munching on the crackers that Hindmarch is unwrapping.

One of the most elusive and mysterious owls of Ohio is the barn owl (Tyto alba). This very large predator, measuring 16 inches long with a wingspan of 3 ½ feet, has a heart-shaped face, large dark ...

Barn owls turn mice, gophers and voles into balls of fur and bones known as pellets. Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But ...

“While it is true that owls eat rats, they also eat a variety of small animals, including mice, frogs, birds, squirrels, snakes, fish, and lizards — they do not specifically target rats as ...

WELLFLEET — A snowy owl found Thursday, May 31, on a jetty in Wellfleet Harbor died from rodenticide poisoning despite efforts by Wild Care, a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in ...

This year, about that many baby owls arrived in March, with each owl eating about 500 mice at the center before they become fully independent.

The fledglings eventually learn to fly and hunt for themselves. The owls have been growing rapidly, eating up to 10 mice a day at the Southwest Wildlife rehabilitation center, Tyner said.

The average owl eats more than 1,000 mice each year. A Cooper's Hawk, for example, can eat 12% of its body weight in food in one day. Will Massachusetts pass rodenticide legislation?

They eat beetles, grasshoppers, mice, rats, gophers, squirrels, reptiles, amphibians, scorpions, cottontail rabbits, birds, and bats. The burrowing owl usually has six to nine babies.

WILDLIFE WATCHING — The hawk owl that’s been luring birders to the Moscow, Idaho, area for more than a month continues to deliver for photographers eager to document a rare visitor to the ...