Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

Sights and sounds fill the world, presenting a panoply of possible foci for the brain. Yet most animals can home in on whatever sight most demands interest. Then the sounds associated with that sight- ...