That's where Bret Gaussoin enters the food chain. With dozens of his collectors ... they're all that remains of the voles and mice that sustain a barn owl, that most nocturnal of raptors.

Owl pellet dissection is a valuable lesson for all ages because it informs us about how much energy it takes to keep an animal at the top of a food chain alive, and should remind us why – with ...

By protecting the barn owl, the project is not only helping preserve this species — it is also ensuring the survival of the entire food chain that relies on this bird. When one species is ...

But scientists weren’t sure what prompted the food sharing. Now, observations of nests show that elder barn owlets offer their food to their younger siblings in exchange for grooming ...

‘Barn owls like tussocky, rough grassland which supports good numbers of voles for hunting, whether in field margins or parts of fields. Ideally nest boxes are installed inside barns, but they can ...

Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, a barn owl ... the gut of an owl and into a classroom begins with a wet “plop” as it hits the forest floor, setting off an unusual supply chain that ...

The rate of sick or injured barn ... for food, basically starving." Mr Dooley said that research conducted by a Western Australian study has shown high levels of pesticide in another owl species ...