The pueo, above, is sometimes mistaken for the common barn owl, which was brought to the islands in the 1950s for rodent control. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already ...

A trip to the mall turned out to be an unforgettable experience for an Oahu family. Local designer Allison Izu Song and her family were driving on the second floor of Kahala Mall’s parking lot when ...

LIHUE — After more than a month of rehabilitation a pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) was released late Friday on private ranch land in west Kauai. The release site is near where the young bird was ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Meet Honolulu Zoo’s new mayor! Makamae is a male pueo, a native Hawaiian short-eared owl. He came to the Honolulu Zoo on July 19, 2016, from the Kauai Humane Society. He was ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Honolulu Zoo has named Makamae, the zoo’s native Hawaiian short-eared owl, as its new mayor. After a virtual election Makamae defeated his opponent Jaws, a Galapagos ...

KAILUA-KONA — A young pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) was euthanized after being flown to the Big Island last week. The decision was made by wildlife biologists from the DLNR Division of Forestry and ...

LIHUE, Kauai (AP) — A Hawaiian short-eared owl that was struck by a vehicle in late March has died after being hit by another vehicle two months after it was rehabilitated and released back into the ...

Every few years, beautiful two-foot-tall snowy owls migrate south in impressive numbers from the Arctic, in what bird watchers call an “irruption.” But this year, the regal-looking birds (which belong ...