Barn owls, the birds most fretted over by the nation's conservationists, are at last responding to years of tender care and attention. Last year, a record number of chicks fledged, and the species ...

The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.

The barn owl’s tail plays an unexpected role in flight by making the bird more aerodynamic, which may have implications for drone design. In aeronautical engineering, anything that provides lift ...

Lab Animal - Barn owls: why give a hoot? Jaworski, J. & Peake, N. Vortex noise reductions from a flexible fiber model of owl down. 66 th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's (APS ...