Look for flashes of white on dark roads, and you might spot an American barn owl. Learn about a barn owl call, nest, wings ...

The way barn owl brains use sound to locate prey may be a template for electronic directional navigation devices, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are recreating owl brain circuitry in ...

When most birds take flight, their wingbeats cause a ruckus; this is typically a repetitive ‘swooshing’ noise generated by the rushing air that gets pushed by the gliding animal’s wings. Barn owls, on ...

The hearing precision that lets common barn owls find prey is helping researchers fine tune their quest to diagnose a variety of problems rooted in the human brain, not only with hearing but also with ...

Ghouls and goblins are figments of the imagination, but a very real flying creature can swoop from the air to flog or frighten us at any time of the day or night. Of all the Halloween “boo birds,” the ...

The barn owl is known for its striking appearance: two almond-shaped black eyes with distinctive brown streaks in the inner corners are surrounded by a snowy white, heart-shaped face. The white ...

Many of us here in Texas are familiar with the largest of the owls, the Great Horned Owl. Its “whoo-whoo-whoo” song resounds throughout our Texas evenings. Some of us have even observed one of the ...

Scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to count barn owl chicks by the sound of their calls to avoid disturbing their nests. PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge, at Bournemouth ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Seeing a barn owl out in the open during daylight is a good sign something is very wrong. This bird ordinarily roosts in a hidden spot during the day, taking flight to hunt only as ...

The way barn owl brains use sound to locate prey may be a template for electronic directional navigation devices, according to engineers who are recreating owl brain circuitry in electronics. The way ...