2. In English folklore, owls have long been considered a harbinger of doom. An owl flying past a window, or heard overhead, was thought to warn of an impending death in the household. In ...

Folklore says owls are wise, but are they, really? It’s commonplace to understand that owls are nocturnal. But where did the wisdom characteristic of these birds originate — and why have we ...

Follow the fortunes of a Scottish puffin colony across the 2019 breeding season, with Emily Knight & Becky Ripley. In Western culture, owls are associated with wisdom – from depictions in ...