Young burrowing owlets are at play while their parents work on some home improvements. Life can be hard on the plains of Los Llanos, but fortunately there is one animal who finds time for some fun: ...

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 ...

I fell in love with burrowing owls while attending college at the University of California, Davis, in the mid-‘90s. At that time, burrowing owls could regularly be seen in the agricultural fields and ...

The burrowing owl stands just 7 to 10 inches high and is the only owl species to nest underground. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the ...

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.

FLORENCE, AZ — 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 ...