People are being urged to spend time listening out for the “twit-twoo” of tawny owls to help monitor how the birds are faring. Tawny owl numbers are thought to have declined over the last few decades ...

Now it seems the tawny owl – considered to be of “conservation concern” with its population falling by a third since the ...

The sound of tawny owls makes young European robins eat less during their southward migration. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows how the threat from nocturnal predators affects the ...

A brown-morph tawny owl (Strix aluco), also known as the brown owl, hiding on a tree. This species has two plumage color morphs: brown and grey. (Credit: Anil Öztas / CC BY-SA 4.0) A recently ...

It’s a silent-winged animal that has historically used sound to hunt given its nocturnal existence. But new evidence has ...

A recent genetic discovery has revealed that the pale grey plumage of the tawny owl is linked to crucial functions that aid the bird's survival in cold environments. As global temperatures rise, dark ...

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