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 ...

Owl hearing is certainly more sensitive than that of other birds, particularly at frequencies of 5 kHz and above. Barn Owls have been shown to use sound frequencies above 8.5 kHz to direct and make an ...

Dogs also have lots of small muscles in their ears, 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 ...

A heart-shaped white facial disk is a characteristic that sets the American barn owl apart from other owls. Bird sounds courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology These birds have very different ...

The barn owl is a distinctive bird. Famously hunting on silent wings, they swoop down on their prey unannounced; a soft fringe along the outside of their flight feathers absorbing the noise of their ...

Discovered in its daytime retreat, the Barn Owl bobs its head and weaves back and forth, peering at the intruder. At night it is often heard calling as it flies high over farmland or marshes. One of ...