If you've seen an owl fly, you probably didn't hear a thing. That's because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing ...

Inspired by the natural soundproofing of owl feathers, researchers have developed a new two-layer aerogel to mitigate urban ...

As the sun sets and most of the natural world falls into slumber, owls rise to claim the night. These mysterious, wide-eyed ...

If you’ve seen an owl fly, you probably didn’t hear a thing. That’s because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise. Inspired by ...

Owls have inspired new noise reduction technology. The silent flight of the aerial predators is possible because their skin ...

Raptors, commonly known as birds of prey, rank among the fiercest and most skilled hunters in the animal world.

Over time, humans have drawn inspiration form animals. We marvel at what they can do and wonder how they do things. Frome birds flying to ...

The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

Great Horned Owl Nicknamed the “Tiger of the Night,” the Great Horned Owl is a stealthy nocturnal predator with a deadly silent flight and a spine-crushing grip.

‘Barn owls are now doing well in the Cotswolds, particularly in pastural river valleys and on open farmland with extensive grass margins,’ Anna says. The classic heart-shaped face of the barn owl.

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a marvel of evolutionary engineering, capable of something that seems almost magical—silent flight. In the dark woods of North America, these magnificent ...