Flying slowly and silently through the night sky, barn owls are majestic nocturnal hunters that successfully prey on rodents scurrying along the ground below. Scientists have long puzzled over a ...

Ecosystems that are bathed in light during the day change profoundly at night. As the sun fades from the land, nocturnal life emerges, with the barn owl (Tyto alba) among them. Barn owls are iconic ...

A barn owl that formed part of the hunters' and conservationists' federation FKNK's reintroduction project-intended to ...

Something about the light from a full moon shining on the frightening face of a barn owl makes voles freeze a bit too long. By James Gorman When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it may not ...

The American barn owls have been disappearing in Kentucky, and the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (FW) has been trying to bring ...

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 ...

Some nights are predestined to be mysterious and frightening. On such nights, we are alone in a park, forest, vaulted cellar, warehouse, or big old house, perhaps a castle. It’s so dark that we can ...

This sleeping barn owl has taken up residence near the Coast Union baseball field. Because barn owls hunt gophers at night, the school hopes the bird will help whittle down the gopher population on ...

This may remain a hoot-dunit. Nebula, the six-year-old fugitive European barn owl, remains on the lam nearly three weeks ...