The burrowing owl isn't your average owl: It doesn't live in trees, and it's not nocturnal. It makes its nest underground — usually in abandoned rodent burrows — and is active both day and night. But ...

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 ...

Early accounts of the owl in California described it as one of the state's most common birds. In the late 1860s, according to one ornithologist, “burrowing owls stood on every little knoll” around San ...

We’re talking, of course, about burrowing owls. Everyone loves the soda-can-sized raptors, it seems, and this Saturday gives you a chance to celebrate them with other owl lovers, too.

Avian flu is claiming the lives of iconic San Francisco Bay wildfowl, and the Trump administration can hardly be trusted to ...

But, in good news for the owls, last year the California Fish and Game Commission made the Western Burrowing Owl a candidate for becoming a protected species under the California Endangered ...

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The Cape Coral City Council approved the purchase of five lots for burrowing owl preservation using funds from a state grant. The city received a $900,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Here are five fun things to do this weekend and beyond, including the 50th-annual Greek Fest and Cape Coral's Burrowing Owl Festival. Plus more things to do this week and a look at what’s ahead ...