As creatures of the night, owls heavily rely on ... Owls can make sounds that seem like they’re from a scary movie, like the eerie shriek of a barn owl. This loud cry can scare away predators ...

Like a satellite dish, it collects sounds and then channels ... white plumage against the blackness of night and its silent flight. Clearly, the barn owl is aptly nicknamed: ghost owl.

In terms of global distribution, barn owls cover the ... to locate hidden prey using sound alone. Large eyes help the owl navigate through the darkness of night—the only time it hunts.

Because the inner ear is not organized spatially, sound localization relies on the ... for such a system has been demonstrated in barn owls, but not in humans. Here, we demonstrate the existence ...

so they can point them very precisely to work out what direction a sound is coming from and how far away it is. Ah, the barn owl, another great listener. This bird of prey hunts at night and uses ...

A cross-border conservation project centered on barn owls is fostering cooperation between Israeli and Arab scientists, ...