Most owls, the researchers note, have a lot of color in their feathers, which helps them blend into their surroundings, making it easier to catch mice, rats and other prey. But the barn owl has a ...

ONE of the "most-loved" breeds of the owl was spotted in daylight in a Worcestershire village. The barn owl, a bird of prey categorised by its heart-shaped head, was spotted in the middle of the day ...

The barn owl, a bird of prey categorised by its heart-shaped head, was spotted in the middle of the day on Horne Lane in Martley on Friday (March 14). The bird is nocturnal and does most of its ...

Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through ... the breeding season can catch up to 70 pounds of rodents. They eat their prey whole and regurgitate the hair ...

For most of its stay, the owl seemed to be doing fine, with many anecdotes of it being active and catching prey. It did not appear to be starving. Yet, it was, for at least the final stages of its ...

In this short film for primary schools Michaela Strachan visits an owl sanctuary with some primary school pupils to find out how a barn owl is ... a curved beak to catch prey, feather adaption ...