Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Food sharing is mainly found in adult animals as a part of social bonding. But in a rarely observed behavior in birds, older barn owl chicks will share food with younger ones. Robin Hood famously ...

Barn owl ears age well. Unlike other animals, the birds don’t suffer from hearing loss as a hallmark of aging, a new study suggests. While the exact mechanism for this apparent ear agelessness remains ...

This may remain a hoot-dunit. Nebula, the six-year-old fugitive European barn owl, remains on the lam nearly three weeks after hightailing it from a Long Island nature sanctuary. “There have been no ...

Award for the connection with the natural world. Melissanthi Sommers-Kontoleon (College of Science) Barn owls, like many other birds, produce pellets that contain all the undigested parts of their ...

Life on a volcanic isle appears to give barn owls a blush of red-brown plumage. The high-sulfur environment on such islands influences the birds’ coloration, researchers report March 13 in the Journal ...