Clutches of barn owl chicks found inside a grain silo and cockatoo boxes indicate a "smorgasbord" of food, experts say.
A new study from California has found that barn owls help vineyards control rodents naturally by both hunting them and making ...
With summer comes the warmth and sunshine that wine grapes need to thrive. It also comes with more vineyard-destroying ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest ...
Barn owls were introduced to Hawaii in the late 1950s to control rats. These owls later began preying on native seabirds, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a ghostly nocturnal raptor with a heart-shaped face in Indiana keeping the state's meadows and grasslands safe from rodent ...
When it comes to American barn owls, forget spring cleaning. The best time of year to clean out nest boxes to ready them for breeding pairs is the fall months of September through November, according ...
California winemakers are ditching pesticides and turning to a feathered predator to protect their vineyards, and the results ...
Ecosystems that are bathed in light during the day change profoundly at night. As the sun fades from the land, nocturnal life emerges, with the barn owl (Tyto alba) among them. Barn owls are iconic ...
Backyard bird-watchers looking for Santa Claus may have better luck watching December night skies for the magnificent barn owl. These beautiful white ghosts of the night silently hunt in darkness and ...
What I call the Owl Relativity Theory could add solidity to the idea that barn owls have much wider distribution in Minnesota than ever imagined. These could be itinerant barn owls, but barn owls ...
White barn owls scare the bejesus out of their rodent prey, making them easier to catch. Image Credit: Alexandre Roulin, University of Lausanne Share Being white can make it tough to blend in—if ...