but earlier research had suggested that whiter barn owls were more efficient hunters than their darker counterparts during a full moon. Barn owl expert Alexandre Roulin, a professor of biology at ...

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 ...

A County Down farmer is celebrating the arrival of four new barn owl chicks after 10 years of conservation work on his land to increase numbers. There are currently fewer than 30 breeding pairs of ...

but earlier research had suggested that whiter barn owls were more efficient hunters than their darker counterparts during a full moon. A barn owl shown here perches at night under a starry sky in ...

but earlier research had suggested that whiter barn owls were more efficient hunters than their darker counterparts during a full moon. Barn owl expert Alexandre Roulin, a professor of biology at the ...

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 ...