The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage ...

This week, explore a violent episode in British prehistory, discover dark comets, ponder the prospect of mirror life, marvel ...

Barn owls’ white plumage helps them blend with moonlight, making them nearly invisible to prey during hunting.

A team of biology and optics researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Spain has found that the unique ...

Negro and his team’s latest research suggests instead that the barn owl’s brilliant white plumage is in fact a form of nocturnal camouflage or counter-illumination that gives the hunter an ...

The barn owl is one of the most iconic and hauntingly beautiful birds of the British countryside. Known for their silent ...

Barn Owl “Toe Dusting” is seen quite often in owl videos. This is a defensive action and posture showing that the owl is defending itself and trying to appear larger.🦉Formed to Rehabilitate ...

A County Down farmer is celebrating the arrival of four new barn owl chicks after 10 years of conservation work on his land to increase numbers. There are currently fewer than 30 breeding pairs of ...

Barn owls can be killed if they eat poisoned rats or mice — these birds are themselves one of the best means of natural ...

Ollie the Owl has been found! "We're really, really happy," said Molly Graf. The white barn owl went missing nearly seven weeks ago. He got loose during a birds of prey demonstration at Riverfront ...