Website reputation report

owlresearchinstitute.org

Last checked 1 hour ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

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Owls are called raptors, or birds of prey, which means they use sharp talons and curved bills to hunt, kill, and eat other animals. There are about 250 owl species in the world; they live on every continent except Antarctica. Owls have large heads, soft feathers, and round, stocky bodies. Owls hunt, nest, and roost in

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

74/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History88 Infrastructure91 Website Security95 Security Hygiene60 Transparency69 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about owlresearchinstitute.org

Updated Oct 3, 2026

The latest scan examined 9 public pages on owlresearchinstitute.org. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Owls are called raptors, or birds of prey, which means they use sharp talons and curved bills to hunt, kill, and eat other animals.…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Aug 8, 2017. Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Aug 8, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 14, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 74/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on owlresearchinstitute.org

9 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Owl Research InstituteThe Owl Research Institute is dedicated to owl conservation through research and education. We conduct long-term research on owls, their prey species, and their relationship to the About Owls I Owl Research InstituteOwls are called raptors, or birds of prey, which means they use sharp talons and curved bills to hunt, kill, and eat other animals. There are about 250 owl species in the world; th About Us I Owl Research InstituteThe Owl Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to owl and wildlife research, conservation, and education. Contact ORI I Owl Research InstituteHave a question or looking for more information? Contact ORI via email, postal mail, or through our online message portal. News | owlresearchinstituteWant to learn more about the Owl Research Institute, our long-term research projects, owl conservation, and owls in general? Check out articles, podcasts, videos, and more about ou donate-o | owlresearchinstituteWhen you donate to ORI, your gift supports critical research for owl conservation, helping to protect owls and their habitats. ORI Store | owlresearchinstituteShow the world you care about the future of owls! Check out our unique owl research project designs on shirts, hats, tote bags, stickers, and more. Current Research Projects I Owl Research InstituteLong-term research and monitoring are what ORI does best. Learn about our many current owl research projects. Snowy Owl Photo Guide | owlresearchinstituteA photographic guide to aging and sexing Snowy Owls from hatching to fledging: monitoring plumage and growth rates in Snowy Owl chicks.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on owlresearchinstitute.org

7 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

owl research instituteTitle, H1, Meta description9 sampled pages
owlsTitle, Meta description6 sampled pages
long term researchMeta description3 sampled pages
conservationMeta description4 sampled pages
owl conservationMeta description3 sampled pages
research projectsTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
projects owlTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

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Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
88/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
91/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
60/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
69/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 3 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts3
Inline scripts15
Embedded frames0
External script hosts2

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainowlresearchinstitute.org
RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.
RegisteredAug 8, 2017
Domain age9 years
ExpiresAug 8, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address185.230.63.107
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNCloudflare
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/
Endpoint185.230.63.107
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFCloudflare · Not detected
DNS surface14 records · 2 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals2 security headers · 4 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size1,212,887 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observed4
Script resources3 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 15, 2026
Valid untilDec 14, 2026
Certificate namesowlresearchinstitute.org · www.owlresearchinstitute.org

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A185.230.63.107TTL —
A185.230.63.171TTL —
A185.230.63.186TTL —
NSns8.wixdns.netTTL —
NSns9.wixdns.netTTL —
MX10 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX40 aspmx2.googlemail.comTTL —
MX50 aspmx3.googlemail.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=oo0Y1TtKLe-VTtCxWVwL8eUTHF31jPMNJ_nB1COREj4TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=RNwJxO803wiKCYx7GS08LEPDsyPx7IBin9J0usD4NGYTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=u7U3kvOSOEJP-eymJtk3TdcPNWMsqMO12NadTHjDHXcTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

2 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31556952
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed4
Missing Secure1
Missing HttpOnly3
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Cloudflare 98% Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% Wix 92%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Owls are called raptors, or birds of prey, which means they use sharp talons and curved bills to hunt, kill, and eat other animals. There are about 250 owl species in the world; they live on every continent except Antarctica. Owls have large heads, soft feathers, and round, stocky bodies. Owls hunt, nest, and roost in

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailinfo@owlresearchinstitute.orgSource: https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/
Phone+14066443412Source: https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/
Emailjeanna@owlresearchinstitute.orgSource: https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/about

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleOwl Research Institute
First headingOwl Research Institute
DescriptionThe Owl Research Institute is dedicated to owl conservation through research and education. We conduct long-term research on owls, their prey species, and their relationship to the habitat in which they live. We use these data to help maintain viable populations. Additionally, we collaborate on strategic project
Canonical URLhttps://www.owlresearchinstitute.org
Final URLhttps://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesLocalBusiness · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/newsAbout page detectedhttps://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/owls-1Contact page detectedhttps://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/contact
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missing100% evidence confidence
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Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
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Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
31556952100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
azure-harbor-field-431

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of owlresearchinstitute.org
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about owlresearchinstitute.org

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Is owlresearchinstitute.org safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 74/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on owlresearchinstitute.org?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was owlresearchinstitute.org registered?

The public registry record shows Aug 8, 2017. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did owlresearchinstitute.org have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does owlresearchinstitute.org describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.