On a warm afternoon earlier this year, Wendy Miller pulled her white Nissan hatchback up alongside the embankment of a dusty farming canal near the south end of the Salton Sea, searching for the glare ...

Research at the Global Owl Project’s human-made burrowing owl network in eastern Oregon has revealed some fascinating habits of the tiny raptors. Here are five things that project Director David ...

On the Umatilla Chemical Depot in Eastern Oregon, old juice barrels serve as homes for tiny burrowing owls. The former apple, peach and strawberry barrels have been refashioned and buried to create ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Coral’s most adorable homeowners just got a real estate boost. The Cape Coral City Council approved the purchase of the first ...

Cape Coral Wildlife Trust has acquired 81 lots to preserve burrowing owl habitat, thanks to a grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The owls thrive in the city's sandy lots ...

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 ...

Courtesy of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation This time of year, biologists and technicians are doing some spring cleaning of their own at the site of the decommissioned ...

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.

FILE - A burrowing owl and three young chicks sit at the entrance to their nest in Brian Piccalo Park in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jose Camacho was frustrated ...