As Sweden’s supply of banknotes continues to dwindle, criminals have shown new enthusiasm for the endangered-species black market, previously cornered by reptile wranglers and orchid thieves.

More than a dozen snowy owls have been seen nesting in western central Sweden, the largest number in more than 30 years. Swedish Radio's local channel in Jämtland county reports that ...

According to Filippo Bassini, head of the police unit for species protection offences in Sweden, an adult great grey owl can fetch more than $112,000 and are often sold on through the dark net.

Nov. 23 (UPI) --A zoo in Sweden said officials are searching for a giant owl that escaped alongside another avian two days ago.The Skansen Zoo in Stockholm said two great gray owls, named Percy ...

Barn owls are iconic nocturnal birds of prey that are found all over the world, often near towns and villages. Although a familiar species to many, there is still much we don’t know about them.

The snowy owl population collapsed in Norway and Sweden in the mid-1990s, all but vanishing there for almost two decades before reappearing in lower numbers, experts said.

Owls Extinct in Austria for Decades Get Second Chance Thanks to 3 Rare Birds at the Zurich Zoo. ... Sweden, and Poland. It is estimated that over 350,000 Ural owls are living in the wild. ...

"It's no different from Holland, southern Sweden or Germany [existing eagle owl habitats] and it's fantastic that we can now hear that call again in the countryside." Programme producer Fergus Beeley, ...

The snowy owl population collapsed in Norway and Sweden in the mid-1990s, all but vanishing there for almost two decades before reappearing at lower numbers, experts said.

The owl is one of 14 trapped so far this winter at Boston's Logan Airport and moved to the beach on Cape Cod Bay. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Social Sharing.