The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.

The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.

They are united in saving an important predator: the barn owl. The moon-faced, shoebox-sized owl is a ruthless pest controller that helps farmers by protecting crops from rodents and other nuisances.

The results were positive, with an increase in recorded barn owl breeding range of 132% in County Cork over the last 10 years, and an impressive increase of 480% since the 1980s when the barn owl ...

With this facial feature, the Barn Owl has often been referred to as having a “monkey-face.” The eyes are very dark, and there are no ear tufts on the smooth, rounded head.

He and Leshem, now both in their late 70s, have presented the barn owl initiative to global leaders, including the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Pope ...

Barn owl numbers had been in decline for decades, ... Numbers are also up in midland counties such as Westmeath, where their breeding range has increased by 128 per cent in the same period.

North Yorkshire Police say that on April 8, a dog walker discovered a badly-injured adult barn owl caught in a spring-operated trap in the allotments at Sands Lane, Hunmanby.

A BARN find expert has discovered a whopping hoard of Range Rovers in a field – and one of them has only chalked up 23,000 miles. The urban explorer found the hidden gems in a forest in Wales… ...