From the perspective of a pitiful pocket gopher, the barn owl must seem like the perfect killing machine. Consider: The owls see prey in the dark from several hundred feet away. They can hear a mouse ...

Brandon Ponder was mowing when he noticed a ball of white fluff in the tall grass. He jumped off his tractor for a closer look and instantly recognized it as a baby owl. A big, wooden nest box hung in ...

BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Dr. Richard Raid is a plant pathologist. He works at the University of Florida Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade. He's making his rounds on the property. But ...