Snowy Owls in Decline
Mistaken about these birds for decades, might we now make amends?
THE WORLD has far fewer Snowy Owls than wildlife biologists once believed, and breeding populations of these charismatic raptors have been declining at a disturbing rate.
So says a new assessment of the Snowy Owl (Bubo scandicus) conducted by an international group of researchers. But before we panic or jump to conclusions, there is some good news in this study — even opportunity for us to make more sense of the world.
