A banded adult burrowing owl perches atop a fence post in a pasture in southwestern Manitoba. (Bryce Hoye/CBC) Froese admits that in the broader context, it's a drop in the bucket.

Just outside of Hermiston, a remarkable conservation success story has unfolded over 17 years thanks to David Johnson, an owl ...

Bettino was taking a break from her search and sat down on a rock only to realize she happened to share a perch with a burrowing owl. “He was not concerned about me at all,” Bettino recalled.

Unlike most owls, the Burrowing Owl nests underground. Fast Facts Common name: Burrowing owl Scientific name: Athene cunicularia [1] Siksikáí’powahsin (Blackfoot language): maatáásiiksi; ma’taasii [2] ...

Burrows said the number of burrowing owls continues to decline, with the most recent estimates from 2015 suggesting only 270 burrowing owls left in the Prairies — about 100 in Saskatchewan.

The 100th burrowing owl took its first steps back onto the Canadian prairies after spending the winter at the Wilder Institute. With burrowing owls distributed in less than one-third of their ...

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 ...

A tiny owl stranded at sea surprised a local crew boat on the morning of October 6. The boat, which was shuttling workers from the Goleta Pier to Platform Holly, found the western burrowing owl ...

A member of a threatened owl species couldn't resist the chance to join vacationers aboard a cruise liner, evading capture for weeks. A "wayward" burrowing owl hitched a ride on the Royal Caribbean ...