Swimming is not natural for owls, but it’s a last resort to avoid being prey. This snowy owl likely ended up in the water after a failed hunting attempt, leaving it to swim to shore. Since swimming is ...

CHICAGO -- A Great horned owl dove into Lake Michigan and began swimming after two Peregrine falcons forced it into the water. Steven Spitzer was at Loyola Park Beach in Chicago's Rogers Park ...

An animal rescuer on New York’s Long Island swooped in to help a drowning owl earlier this week. “Saved!” wrote Strong Island Animal Rescue League in a Facebook post on Wednesday. The Suffolk County ...

Columbus East’s Keaton Stephenson competes in the 500-yard freestyle during a meet against Seymour Thursday at Columbus East High School. Five days after the Hoosier Hills Conference girls swim meet ...

Owls Only Hit the Water for a Handful of Reasons Owls can swim, but it’s not something that happens often. They prefer to be in the air or safely guarding their nests. The closest an owl willingly ...