The elf owl is the smallest of its kind, only 5 to 7 inches tall. Compare that to the tallest owl — the great gray — which can grow to a height of 2 to 3 feet. These and more amazing owl facts ...

Some 40,000 years ago, a giant owl nested in a remote cave high in the Andes mountains. At a height of more than 2.3 feet and a wingspan of more than 5 feet, the Asio ecuadoriensis was an ...

Illustrations created by three Seattle-area students were among 34 chosen from 42,000 entries to be included in "The Ickabog," J.K. Rowling's first children's book outside the Harry Potter universe.