Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying silently through Nick Davis’ almond orchard, a barn owl swoops through the blossoming trees, listening for the slightest ...

Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they ...

Watching a barn owl hunt is a truly wonderful sight, but watching it close up and in slow-motion is breathtaking. In this ...

BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Dr. Richard Raid is a plant pathologist. He works at the University of Florida Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade. He's making his rounds on the property. But ...

WATSONVILLE — The barn owl is a killer. A highly efficient predator that can easily hunt down, tear apart and consume 12 rodents a night. “If you get a nesting pair and say four juvenile owlets in a ...

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 ...

WATSONTOWN — For a five-year period culminating in 2013, barn owls had a pretty good run in the northeast region. The Pennsylvania Game Commission found an average of 11 active nests each year in ...

WATSONVILLE >> The barn owl is a killer. A highly efficient predator that can easily hunt down, tear apart and consume 12 rodents a night. “If you get a nesting pair and say four juvenile owlets in a ...