But the barn owl has a pure white underbelly ... And that allowed the owl to blend in with the background as it quickly and ...

Well, this ghost scenario might mirror a prey’s experience when encountering a white barn owl (Tyto alba) flying above its head searching for food. At night, the barn owl father hunts for food ...

In other words, the ghostly plumage of the white barn owl is so visible, it’s scary—and that can mean curtains for its super-skittish prey. “This is a really exciting paper,” says Monica ...

If you're a vole, it might be a ghostly white barn owl about to kill and eat you. Voles are a favorite meal for barn owls, which come in two shades, reddish-brown and white. When the moon is new ...

A couple of hundred yards up the lane I saw a white shape billow out of an old farm building. It was a different barn owl, much paler than Orlando, and for the next hour I had the goose-fleshing ...

The bellies of Tyto alba, as the common barn owl is formally known, can range in color from dark red to bright white. The reason for this variation in hue hasn’t been clear, but researchers ...