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Biologists discovered a new species of tiny owl on the forested island of Príncipe, and it's already under threat – Podcast

  • Written by Daniel Merino, Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
imageResearch suggests that only about 1,000 to 1,500 Príncipe scops owls exist in the wild.Martim Melo

An international team of biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island off the west coast of Africa. In this Discovery episode of The Conversation Weekly, we...

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