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

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.

Voles are a favorite meal for barn owls, which come in two shades, reddish brown and white. When the moon is new, both have equal success hunting for their young, snagging about five voles in a night.

A barn owl is fully grown from only 10 weeks old, it stands 25cm tall (from head to feet) and is 33-35cm from the top of its head to the tip of its tail. Barn owls shriek and hiss, they don’t ...

A barn owl whose wings were caught in a barbed wire fence, rendering it immobile, was rescued by two Willamette Valley women in a now viral TikTok that has garnered millions of views.

Conservationists from across the Middle East work together to protect the barn owl by creating artificial nests, typically modified plywood boxes. Israeli Professor Leshem pioneered the nesting ...

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.