The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.

This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... locked in the sights of another creature: a Ural owl. He looked into her ebony eyes and softly fringed, heart-shaped ...

Wild At Heart saves Arizona’s burrowing owls by relocating them to tiny underground apartments—now featured in National Geographic. This work is a race against time. We’ve seen owls sitting ...