The Secret Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms are helping with a display of these popular and distinctive birds. They are planning to provide a nest box for these birds in their meadows, which are ...

Aoife Whelan at the Barn Owl talk and interactive owl pellet workshop in Arklow Library during Heritage week. Photo: Michael Kelly Sadhbh Whelan and OPW Park Ranger Ruairí Mac an Tuile at the Barn Owl ...

A ghost-like barn owl flying low over open farmland at dawn or dusk is one of Nature’s hold-your-breath sights. The iconic beauty Tyto alba is a brilliantly adapted nocturnal predator, its soft ...

The chicks should be ready to take flight later this month The first chicks have hatched as part of a project to boost barn owl numbers in North Yorkshire. More than 50 specially-designed nesting ...

A team of biology and optics researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Spain has found that the unique undercoating of the barn owl helps to make it less visible to prey when flying under ...

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Work to attract barn owls to a country estate has paid off, a monitoring group has said. Staff at Courteenhall, near Northampton, installed four barn owl boxes earlier this year and three have shown ...

Connecticut is home to eight species of owl, all of which face many human-related challenges. Local conservation efforts, including rehabilitation, are helping to protect these elusive birds of prey.

Chiba University researchers have been studying owl flight to design aircraft that emit less noise. They created 3D models of owl wings with special fringes that cut through air while reducing noise.