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Flying slowly and silently through the night sky, barn owls are majestic nocturnal hunters that successfully prey on rodents scurrying along the ground below. Scientists have long puzzled over a ...

It's estimated there are fewer than 30 breeding pairs of barn owls left in Northern Ireland One of Northern Ireland's most vulnerable farmland birds saw a huge increase in the number of chicks and ...

But the barn owl has a pure white underbelly, which would seem to make it easy for prey to detect. It also has a round white face. The team wondered if the unique coloring helps the owl to blend ...

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 ...