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 ...

North America’s only ground-dwelling owl, the burrowing owl, is a tiny creature that weighs about as much as an apple. The diminutive birds have been ruffling feathers in the Bay Area of late as they ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...