An owl glides by on silent wings. Many holiday travelers probably wish airplanes could do the same. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. long eared owl flying in dark night The long-eared owl, Asio otus, is a majestic raptor known for its perky horn-like ear tufts, ...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The ability of owls to fly silently in search of prey could lead to quieter passenger aircraft, researchers at the University of Cambridge in England say. Owls rely on the ...

AMES, Iowa – Anupam Sharma pulled an accordion folder from the bookshelf above his Iowa State University desk. Inside was the carefully collected and preserved wing of a short-eared owl. Here, he said ...

Ms. Ackerman is the author of “What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds,” from which this essay is excerpted. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra ...

An owl glides by on silent wings. Many holiday travelers probably wish airplanes could do the same. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

Owls are often considered nature’s stealth fighters, and it turns out their ability to silently is a result of a unique wing structure not found in any other bird. Now that researchers know the owl’s ...

Many species of owl are able to hunt without being heard by their prey by suppressing the noise of their wings at sound frequencies above 1.6 kilohertz (kHz) -- including the range at which human ...

Researchers reveals how the microstructure of small finlets on owl feathers enable silent flight. A recent research study conducted by City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his ...