Editor’s note On a Saturday evening in late October, my boyfriend and I were walking around César Chávez Park in Berkeley ...

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 ...

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 ...

RAMONA RAMONA — 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 ...

The Burrowing owl population is thriving and growing on Cape Coral. The results for 2025 Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census were announced on Aug. 6. When the counting concluded during the weekend of May ...

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 ...

Western burrowing owls are diminutive, adorable and goofy — and conservation organizations have renewed calls for the state to protect them before it’s too late. Now, more than 20 years since a formal ...

Teachers, students and staff at Tommie Barfield Elementary School helped the Burrowing Owls of Marco Island organization safely rescue an owl chick that was stuck in a drainage area at the sc MARCO ...

CAPE CORAL, Florida (WBBH) — Heavy rain throughout Southwest Florida this week means an increased risk for flooding in the area. According to Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife, this may impact burrowing ...

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 ...