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It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we have the most wonderful gift to match! Our North Pole Bone Sleuth Kit is back in stock for the holiday season! Give the gift of science and join in on the fun as your child dissects a barn owl pellet and discovers what the owl ate!.

In the wild, animals already face challenges to their survival. Human activity adds more hidden threats to their environment, which can have devastating consequences.

My son was begging to dissect an owl pellet. These arrived quickly and they were full of bones.

With one of the biggest family holidays only days away, we thought it’d be fun to dive into owl families! We’re quickly approaching the time of year where owls will start picking the mates with whom they want to have clutches in springtime.

Have you fallen in love with screech owls yet? You'll be sure to by the end of this email! Although Eastern and Western Screech Owls may seem like they'd be the same except for the region they occupy, they actually have several differences.

Earlier this week we talked about how owl families are formed. Today, let’s take a closer look at some of the common behaviors we see within barn owl families.

The major holiday season starts tomorrow. This year, it looks a lot different.

The researcher checking into using barn owls as a natural form of vertebrate pest control, Sara Kross, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis’ Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, conducted her studies in California’s Central Valley.

Great horned owls swallow smaller prey whole and regurgitate a pellet like barn owls do. However, because great horned owls have such a diverse diet of big and small animals, they can break up the bones of the animals they eat.

Great horned owls have an interesting diet. They’ll eat animals common to other owls like voles, mice, squirrels, or snakes, but they’ll also take down bigger animals like foxes, skunks, falcons, and other owls.

Owls are so similar in a lot of ways when it comes to their hunting abilities and prey preference and also so different when it comes to where they prefer to live and what they look like! .

Barn owls are awesome. They help farmers save time and money, and they help maintain a healthy environment.