Barn Owl's "The Long Shadow" has kind of the perfect horror soundtrack build-up. It starts with an irresolute tug and pull between a cathedralesque wash of choir voices and a sinister, chromatic ...

The hearing precision that lets common barn owls find prey is helping researchers fine tune their quest to diagnose a variety of problems rooted in the human brain, not only with hearing but also with ...

Predicting the future state of the world is essential for generating adaptive behavior. For example, to orient the eyes toward a moving stimulus, an animal must predict the future position of the ...

PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge is working with Brian Cresswell, a biologist-turned-electronics engineer who uses technology to support ornithological research, particularly barn owls and nightjars.

Studies of barn owls offer insight into just how the brain combines acoustic signals from two sides of the head into a single spatial perception Why do people have two ears? We can, after all, make ...

The barn owl is known for its striking appearance: two almond-shaped black eyes with distinctive brown streaks in the inner corners are surrounded by a snowy white, heart-shaped face. The white ...

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 ...