Barn owls’ ancestors made a transatlantic flight

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- Nature, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03385-5 Genomic analysis shows that the owls spread from Eurasia to the Caribbean, then colonized the rest of the Western Hemisphere.