Bárbara Freitas receives funding from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Forever Príncipe Conservation Alliance (from Africa’s Eden), National Geographic Society (Early career grant - ...

A new species of owl has been discovered in the rainforests of a tropical island off the coast of Africa. The bird, called the Principe Scops-Owl, was found on Príncipe, which lies off the west coast ...

Scientists have described a new type of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira (Portugal). Otus mauli, which was also the first nocturnal bird of prey described in the ...

A new species of owl has been discovered in an island off the coast of Africa. The bird, called the Principe Scops-Owl, was found on Príncipe, an island just off the west coast of the continent in the ...

Smithsonian ecologist Andy Boyce reported the rediscovery and photographed the elusive Bornean subspecies of the Rajah scops owl, Otus brookii brookii, in the mountainous forests of Mount Kinabalu in ...

On São Miguel Island in the Azores, there used to exist a small, nocturnal bird of prey, related to the European scops owl, named Otus frutuosoi, which was very probably driven to extinction with the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Meet the Príncipe Scops-Owl (Otus bikegila), a newly named species ...

A new species of owl has just been described from Príncipe Island, part of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe in Central Africa. Scientists were first able to confirm its presence in ...

A rare tropical owl has been spotted for the first time since it was discovered nearly 125 years ago. The orange-eyed Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl was photographed in the forests of Mount ...

As part of an international team of scientists we have confirmed a new species of owl after decades of speculation that it exists on Príncipe Island, part of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and ...