A small population of California burrowing owls is getting a helping hand when it comes to romance—from a team of devoted scientists.

For the first time, scientists documented concerted carnivory by California ground squirrels. But why were there so many ...

Sometimes the burrowing owl will take over an old prairie dog or ground squirrel burrow and widen or lengthen the burrow. Other times the burrowing owl will simply dig out their own nesting burrow.

The newly identified Snake River Plains ground squirrel was discovered to be a genetically distinct species after research ...

They have amazing energy and can be very inquisitive. One day, a short-tailed weasel popped out of an arctic ground squirrel burrow near where I was standing. No doubt it was trying to catch its ...

This burrow system usually has one unobstructed entrance with ... entry to the canopy of mature beech trees whose smooth bark acts as a barrier to this “ground squirrel”. Once in the canopy, chipmunks ...

chipmunks live in a burrow with a series of tunnels. Though they are both known to eat nuts and seeds, chipmunks have a few ...

Although these owls are capable of building their own burrows, they generally prefer burrows abandoned by ground squirrels and other small rodents. Burrowing owls in California are found mostly in ...

Bill Huber, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), is leading the charge for the ...

Unlike tree squirrels, ground squirrels use their claws to dig and burrow into the earth. Dr. Bryan McLean is a biologist and researcher as the University of North Carolina, Greensboro who ...