Jared Edwards, facilities director for Minot Public Schools, which has three schools on the base, said residential areas of ...

The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s exasperating the people of Minot, North Dakota, where it’s ...

Janet Johnson, natural resources program manager for the Oregon Military Department, on June 11, 2025, places a burrowing owl on a digital field scale during monitoring operations ...

What began as a desperate conservation effort in 2008 to save burrowing owls has transformed into a major Eastern Oregon ...

You might not guess it, but toads are surprisingly adept diggers. Despite their squat, bumpy bodies, toads are surprisingly skilled at digging. These humble amphibians use burrowing as a key part of ...

The Oregon National Guard’s Rees Training Center is home to the country’s most successful burrowing owl colony, with over 100 nesting pairs. Thanks to a 17-year partnership with the ...

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Volunteers are constructing 25 underground burrows in an isolated field near Paulden, Arizona. The future tenants are dozens of Western Burrowing Owls.