Natural predators come in all sizes, shapes and classes. There are generalists that eat whatever they can get a hold of to specialists that just hunt and consume certain species in a particular way.

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Press release from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report any sightings of barn owls to the agency. Commission biologists are ...

I really shouldn’t say “our” barn owls. They belong to no one. But it’s hard not to feel some pride for the new residents of the owl box we hung expectantly on a jacaranda tree five long years ago. We ...

A long-running University of Idaho Extension project to build, distribute and monitor wooden houses for nesting barn owls is wrapping up, but Idaho farmers who have struggled to control ravenous voles ...

GARDINER — A couple of Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue’s “retired” barn owls help raise young owls in need. During a new fundraising raffle this fall, North Olympic Peninsula residents can, too.

Three barn owls peek out of a nest box in Davis. A UC Davis study found the best time to clean nest boxes is in the fall, before the owls' winter breeding season. (Ryan Bourbour/UC Davis) When it ...

Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest rustling of what could be its next meal. With one-inch talons and a grip ...

Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to build an owl nesting box, and it's easier than you might ...