Great grey owls are the longest owl species ... then swooping down when it locates prey. They’re silent in flight, allowing them to surprise their target. Despite their small size, these ...

The quiet flight of owls is an act of biomechanical ... I once experienced the stealth of a great gray owl up close. Percy was the male in a resident pair of great grays at Skansen, an open ...

Researchers upend the notion that the iconic great gray owl -- known as the phantom of the North -- lives far from cities, towns and other markers of human density. The great gray owl has long ...

Katherine Gura, a research associate at Teton Raptor Center and a research scientist at Colorado State University, will present “Effects of changing snow conditions on an iconic raptor of the GYE: the ...

Buck Domitrovich took this photo of great gray owl leaving its perch for the evening hunt on Friday in southwest Montana. The owls hunt from a low perch and glide silently down onto their prey.

Great gray owls can find and capture voles hidden beneath almost two feet of snow, punching through hardened crusts with their legs to snag a meal. Now researchers have uncovered hints of how ...

But the irruption is an end of a lifetime for some of the owls. A great gray owl takes flight Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Two Harbors, Minn. In a phenomenon known as an irruption, owls that live in ...

A great gray owl hunts from the top of a spruce tree along Minnesota Highway 61 on Saturday in Two Harbors. The great gray owl is a true owl, and is the world's largest species of owl by length.

That was her first rescue. It happened around 11 a.m. when she spotted an injured great gray owl on the side of Highway 61, near Two Harbors. She called Wildwoods Rehabilitation Center who told ...