Scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to count barn owl chicks by the sound of their calls to avoid disturbing their nests. PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge, at Bournemouth ...

Three barn owl (Tyto alba) chicks that reportedly fell from its cage in a gated community in Coimbatore were rescued and shifted to the avian recuperation centre of the Forest Department on Thursday.

Some nights are predestined to be mysterious and frightening. On such nights, we are alone in a park, forest, vaulted cellar, warehouse, or big old house, perhaps a castle. It’s so dark that we can ...

Farmers say they have been left "in limbo land" as they wait for the full introduction of a scheme that will support nature on their farms. The Farming with Nature (FWN) scheme is set to replace the ...

If ever there were a competition to rank sibling relationships in the animal kingdom, barn owls would be close to the top. That’s because elder barn owlets will sometimes give away their meal to their ...

A Co Down farmer is celebrating after one of Northern Ireland’s rarest birds successfully bred on his land for the third year in a row. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the ...