The Central Park Zoo escapee captured hearts and imaginations during his one-year romp around the city Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

An owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo in New York City has been spotted hunting on its own and acclimating to life in the wild while becoming a local celebrity around the park. Flaco, a ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Rescuers are trying to capture an owl that went missing from the Central Park Zoo on Thursday night. The Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco was set free after the exhibit was ...

CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan (WABC) -- Flaco, the owl who escaped his enclosure from the Central Park Zoo earlier this month, is now hunting his own prey. In an update Sunday, the zoo said the Eurasian ...

A hidden camera and camera trap captured a rare moment of a Eurasian eagle owl protecting its fluffy baby chicks beneath a rocky shelter deep in the wilderness. The massive owl stayed alert while the ...

A tragic fate befell a Eurasian eagle-owl earlier this year when it flew away from its handler during a demonstration at the Minnesota Zoo. The incident, which occurred in April, was outlined in an ...

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, stands beside a trap with a rat inside. He tried to grab the rat and became briefly snared by the trap's wires, then got free and flew away. @BirdCentralPark via Twitter A ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Eurasian eagle-owl was released back into the wild after animal ...

SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory has welcomed a female Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) to its ambassador animal program. The owl is the first new raptor to come to the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A second Eurasian eagle-owl chick has hatched at the National Aviary. The new chick arrived on March 21, a few days after its sibling. The newest baby is hanging out in the aviary ...