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 ...

Despite their name, western burrowing owls—found across arid grasslands from Canada to South America—do not burrow, they borrow. The 10-inch-tall birds hole up in abandoned burrows made by prairie ...

Hurricanes Helene and Milton left many burrowing owls homeless, and Pascha Donaldson, a board member of the Cape Coral Wildlife Trust, is working hard to get them back into their burrows. Donaldson ...

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, charismatic yellow ...

The National Audubon Society’s 125th Christmas Bird Count will be held through Jan. 5. Today we show you some of California’s owls, particularly the burrowing owl, a candidate for the state’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Three young ...

Not to readers: Naples Daily News and The News-Press journalist Mickenzie Hannon recently took on an assignment that had her ...

SACRAMENTO — It's one of the smallest owl species in the world, but the loss of the California burrowing owl would be felt throughout our entire ecosystem and the California Department of Fish and ...

It’s kind of hard not to be smitten with the burrowing owl. Standing just 9 inches tall and weighing less than a cup of coffee, these owls prefer to live in the ground, where they feed mainly on ...

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 ...