Each day, after trekking for several hours and burrowing into his tent ... about three miles’ distance today from snaking around, head permanently bowed to read the compass, just my shuffling ...

With their comically big eyes, perpetually surprised expressions and long, spindly legs, the Florida burrowing owl is a pint-sized paradox, a bird of prey that prefers to live life underground.

A burrowing owl sits inside an entry tube of an artificial burrow. Jason Fidorra Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Pasco, WA In Washington, burrowing owls are rare. Their population has ...

UC Santa Barbara’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and the Ojai Raptor Center release the pint-size owl at UCSB’s North Campus Open Space.

and discovered Cape Coral’s quirky “Ground Owl Day” annual tradition, where residents watch a burrowing owl mascot predict six more weeks of winter. The community’s love for these tiny ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ... widened as it slowly rotated its head at an uncanny angle to survey the ...

Jan. 17—In Washington, burrowing owls are rare. Their population has sharply declined as development takes over areas where they've lived for years. Small, brown and speckled with bright ...

SANTA BARBARA, California (KSBY) -- Wayne Chapman, a restoration manager with UC Santa Barbara's Cheadle Center, is working to bring burrowing owls back to Coil Oil Point. "Coil Oil Point — its ...