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

Research suggests that only about 1,000 to 1,500 Príncipe scops owls exist in the wild. Martim Melo

A team of Spanish 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 speak with Bárbara Freitas, a Ph.D. fellow who studies bird evolution at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. She was on the team that discovered the Príncipe scops owl and talks about how her team discovered this new species and the threats it is already facing.