With their heart-shaped faces and pale feathers, they are beautiful ... these ghostly white subjects. Head out early and stay out late to make the most of this lighting. Barn owls prefer not ...

Negro and his team’s latest research suggests instead that the barn owl’s brilliant white plumage is in fact a form of nocturnal camouflage or counter-illumination that gives the hunter an ...

A snowy owl was spotted swooping into Shirley Chisholm State Park over the holiday weekend — marking its first appearance in ...

Negro and his team’s latest research suggests instead that the barn owl’s brilliant white plumage is in fact a form of nocturnal camouflage or counter-illumination that gives the hunter an ...

But the barn owl has a pure white underbelly, which would seem to make it easy for prey to detect. It also has a round white face. The team wondered if the unique coloring helps the owl to blend ...

First there is the barn owl, which is actually a state-endangered species. They have that quintessential heart-shaped face and prefer open spaces. The second is the barred owl, which is one of the ...