Some nights are predestined to be mysterious and frightening. On such nights, we are alone in a park, forest, vaulted cellar, warehouse, or big old house, perhaps a castle. It’s so dark that we can ...

Introduction -- Conservation -- Parasites and predators -- Physiology in an ecological context -- Morphology in an ecological context -- Daily life: hunting, feeding and sleeping -- Sexual behaviour - ...

Barn owl: briefly -- Study areas in Scotland -- Research methods -- Distribution and variation -- Variation within subspecies -- Variation among subspecies -- Related spedies in the genus Tyto -- Diet ...