Flying slowly and silently through the night sky, barn owls are majestic nocturnal hunters that successfully prey on rodents scurrying along the ground below. Scientists have long puzzled over a ...
This is a barn owl, the scarcer of our two breeding owl species. It is a nocturnal species that breeds indoors in old farm ...
Endothermic animals vary in their physiological ability to maintain a constant body temperature. Since melanin-based coloration is related to thermoregulation and energy homeostasis, we predict that ...
That's mainly because barn owls are nocturnal and secretive. He tries to get the word circulating about the program and the search for barn owl nests by giving talks to such groups as the Lancaster ...
May 6 (UPI) --New research suggests a small bird-like dinosaur's exacting night vision and owl-like hearing allowed it to track down prey in the black of night. Nocturnal hunting is relatively rare ...
In last month’s Nature Center Notes, we celebrated National Bird Day by learning about diurnal raptors that live at the WNC Nature Center. This month, take a look at our nocturnal (most active at ...
Most folks don’t realize how much free work an owl will do for them until they start paying attention... The post How to ...
Legacy Park in Decatur, Ga., is not Central Park in New York, but a couple dozen people have been lined up with their tripods and telephoto lenses or binoculars each of the last several days. And they ...