Below the dry ground of the grassy land on UC Santa Barbara’s North Campus Open Space are burrows — likely hundreds of them — built primarily by ground squirrels. The burrows, as well as the ...
After spending a year at a rehabilitation center in Spain, the owls have returned to Miami and are in quarantine. Burrowing owls are a threatened species in Florida and are protected by the Migratory ...
Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and east into China. But the tiny bird of prey now has a new home base: the Val ...
After spending a year at a rehabilitation center in Spain, the owls have returned to Miami and are in quarantine. Burrowing owls are a threatened species in Florida and are protected by the Migratory ...
In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting conservationists to think creatively about how to help. A burrowing owl chick learns to ...
It’s almost midnight and a lone white pickup truck sits atop a grassy hill on a remote tract of government land near Dublin, California, that is used as a military training base. In the driver’s seat, ...
A species of small, furry owls who nest underground in open fields are in imminent danger of extinction and may get a lifeline extended from the California Fish and Game Commission. A petition to list ...
Seventeen years ago, only four burrowing owl pairs remained at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon. Now, more than 80 pairs nest in the unlikely spot that has become home to one of the world ...