A nonprofit science group has discovered a great deal about the species over the past decade, but the irruption shows that ...

Answer: Yes, the most common one is that of the great gray owl, which may live year-round in the northern part of Minnesota.

Irruptions happen when young snowy owls, pushed out by older, dominant birds in the Arctic, travel farther south in search of ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The ...

A few snowy owls were documented in Wisconsin in early November, the first of the species to arrive in the state for the ...

If you are a birder, a fan of Harry Potter, or simply love seeing cool natural phenomena in unexpected places, then you’re ...

I’d been making plans since I first heard the snowy owls landed on Lake Michigan’s shore, but many things postponed our search.

Pair of snowy owls found in Chicago being protected by park district His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River got Cass Cwik into birdwatching. He’d see great blue, green and ...

There's a chance of snow in parts of Wisconsin this week. But the season's first gifts of the Arctic, documented and true, are already in the state. Four snowy owls have been seen and photographed in ...

This year's snowy owl migration is marked by the bird's recent classification as a threatened species by the Committee on the ...