‘Shaving is tricky with an owl on your right shoulder.” So writes Martin Windrow, a British bachelor who in the spring of 1978 decided to adopt a month-old tawny owl as his flatmate in a London ...

Unless you're a student at Hogwarts, you probably don't expect to see an owl in your living room when you're getting ready to enjoy your morning cup of coffee. For U.K. professor Phillip Brown, though ...

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 ...

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 ...

An owl sanctuary has appealed to leave young tawny owls alone after a number of the birds were brought in to a sanctuary. The Barn Owl Trust, based at Ashburton in Devon, has had four tawny owlets ...