If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl. They often patrol roadsides as well as towns, cities and wild lands for ...

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 ...

Barn owl: briefly -- Study areas in Scotland -- Research methods -- Distribution and variation -- Variation within subspecies -- Variation among subspecies -- Related spedies in the genus Tyto -- Diet ...

One of the most elusive and mysterious owls of Ohio is the barn owl (Tyto alba). This very large predator, measuring 16 inches long with a wingspan of 3 ½ feet, has a heart-shaped face, large dark ...

Owls, with their earth-toned feathers, are masters of camouflage. But not the barn owl. Adorned with striking white plumage and an odd heart-shaped face, you might think the owl’s conspicuous ...