The barn owl (Tyto alba), with its characteristic heart-shaped face, is found on every continent except Antarctica. The most widespread owl species, the barn owl hunts at night over open land.

Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple ...

BELLINGHAM -- Somewhere, as you read this, a long-legged, heart-faced barn owl is stretching out its neck and delicately upchucking. Out drops a compact pellet of undigested lunch, which falls ...

BELLINGHAM — Somewhere, as you read this, a long-legged, heart-faced barn owl is stretching out its neck and delicately upchucking. Out drops a compact pellet of undigested lunch, which falls ...

In an ironic twist, the owl named for its knack for nesting in old wooden barns has become a rarity in America’s heartland. Barn owls, beautiful, heart-faced birds with coal-black eyes, have ...

The 19-year-old's winning entry shows a heart-faced owl poised for takeoff from a tree in Everglades National Park. (See page E1.) The exhibition runs through May 2. ...