Fabian de Kok-Mercado (left) and Dr. Philippe Gailloud give a CT scan to a dead owl to learn how its blood vessels withstand the rapid, up-to-270-degree turns their heads make. Owls don't need eyes in ...
Owls are some of the best-known predatory birds, famous for their nocturnal tendencies and their ability to rotate their ...
Owls don't need eyes in the back of their heads to see what's behind them — they can just swivel their heads all the way around. In fact, many owl species, such as the barred owl, can rotate their ...
A new study suggests owls could rotate their heads a full 360 degrees. Researchers Panyutina and Kuznetsov used CT scans to analyze owl necks, discovering that neck joints and spinal coiling enable ...
WASHINGTON – US medical specialists from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have figured out how owls can almost fully rotate their heads – by as much as 270 degrees in either direction. The birds ...
U.S. medical specialists from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have figured out how owls can almost fully rotate their heads - by as much as 270 degrees in either direction. The birds do so while ...
Medical illustrators and neurological imaging experts have figured out how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads -- by as much as 270 degrees in either direction -- without damaging ...
Owls don't need eyes in the back of their heads to see what's behind them — they can just swivel their heads all the way around. In fact, many owl species, such as the barred owl, can rotate their ...