As development pushes these charismatic owls from their underground nesting sites, a solar project aims to show that habitat ...

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 ...

FLORENCE — Greg Clark gingerly handles a pair of cardboard carriers, each containing two small owls, as he joins a knot of sweating volunteers hammering stakes into the soil and shoveling dirt to seal ...

A California burrowing owl. Courtesy Scott and Heather Artis/Center for Biological Diversity via Bay City News. Environmental advocates on Tuesday, March 5, urged the California Fish and Game ...

The stowaways were discovered hanging out in a leafy park on one of the world’s largest cruise ships after it left PortMiami earlier this year on a trip bound for Spain. Why the pint-sized birds that ...

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 ...

Parker Christensen, a local Eagle Scout candidate, has selected his Eagle service project aimed at aiding the repopulation of the threatened burrowing owl, which once flourished in Yolo County. Due to ...

State wildlife officials are asking for the public's thoughts on whether to list the western burrowing owl as a threatened or endangered species in California. The California Department of Fish and ...

Five small but mighty owls were introduced to their new home on the Ramona Grasslands Preserve Tuesday — part of an ongoing effort to reverse the rare species’ shrinking population. At just a few ...

A burrowing owl in a busy park in Contra Costa County hidden among the rocky shoreline goes mostly unnoticed by passing parkgoers. (Lauren Bettino) It’s kind of hard not to be smitten with the ...

Jireh Deng’s excellent “death by a thousand cuts” article on the decline of burrowing owls in California is a spot-on description of the fate of these little owls in Southern California. Just eight ...