Here we describe a neural circuit in the barn owl's optic tectum ... following sound onset, stimulus location is represented relatively broadly in the space map. Within 100 ms of sound onset ...

"The barn owl has a portion of the midbrain which serves as a map," Bala said ... such as volume, pitch and location, as well as diagnosing basic sensory deficits and identify areas of damage ...

A barn owl whose wings were caught in a barbed wire fence, rendering it immobile, was rescued by two Willamette Valley women in a now viral TikTok that has garnered millions of views.

Unlike the snowy owl, the barn owl lives at latitudes where it doesn’t regularly snow. The barn owl’s paradoxically bright plumage baffled biologist Juanjo Negro and his colleagues ...

A barn owl flies in an enclosure at the Attica Zoological Park, near Athens (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From reproductive rights to ...