Securing the title of the world’s largest owl requires a 6-foot, 3-inch wingspan. Having only 1,700 mature individuals remaining leaves Blakiston’s fish owl in a highly vulnerable state.

Blakiston’s Fish Owl is known for its huge size, impressive wingspan and powerful hunting abilities in rivers. They live mainly near rivers, streams and forests in Russia, Japan and northern China, ...

Found throughout Russia and parts of Asia, Blakiston’s fish owl is declining due to habitat loss and climate change. A female Blakiston’s fish owl, alert and with ear tufts erect, prepares to fly in ...

Owls are some of the best-known predatory birds, famous for their nocturnal tendencies and their ability to rotate their heads up to 270 degrees in either direction. There are around 250 species of ...

The Blakiston fish owl (Bubo Blakistoni) is the world’s largest – and one of the rarest – owl species, with an impressive 6 foot (2 meter) wingspan. The giant owl, found exclusively in northeast Asia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Action scene from the forest with owl. Flying Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulosa, above green spruce tree with dark forest in ...

Can owls and loggers get along? A recent study conducted in Primorye in the southern Russian Far East suggests it's not only possible, but essential for endangered Blakiston's fish owls to survive ...