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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 ...

EVERYONE knows the call of the tawny owl, with its eerie night- time associations, but how many owls are there actually in Britain? EVERYONE knows the call of the tawny owl, with its eerie night- time ...

Soft, silent, and full of wonder, the tawny owl chick spends its early days hidden among forest branches. Covered in fluffy ...

Bats mimic the buzzing sound of stinging insects to scare off predatory owls. This type of acoustic trickery, when a harmless animal mimics a dangerous one, has been found previously in some insects ...

We may be rewarded if we listen carefully when walking in Richmond Park and Bushy Park by hearing little owls uttering their plaintive yelping mewing calls from the many ancient oaks. However, the ...

Endoscopes are being put to an unconventional use in the Galloway Forest in south-west Scotland. The medical equipment - usually inserted into the human body to send back video images - is helping to ...