David Johnson pulls a bucket off the top of an artificial nest May 25, 2024, to check on burrowing owl hatchlings on the National Guard grounds near Hermiston. HERMISTON, Ore. — Sixteen years after ...

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 ...

Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone. So scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted burrowing owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs, playing owl sounds and ...

If it were up to David H. Johnson, he’d be out of the burrow-making business. Instead, he stands on a wind-swept prairie, shovel in hand. He wipes the sweat from his brow and surveys the sagebrush as ...

Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone. So scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted burrowing owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs, playing owl sounds and ...

Colleen Wisinski has a tough job: Relocating tiny, adorable owls before their grassland homes are taken over by urban development in California. Developers are required by the state to safely remove ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting conservationists to think creatively about how to help. A burrowing owl chick learns to ...

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 ...

UMATILLA, Ore. - In 2008 Don Gillis, the Natural Resource Manager at the Umatilla Chemical Depot noticed a decline in the nesting areas for the Burrowing Owls on Camp Umatilla. The decline was a ...