Woodpeckers can cause a nuisance in your home with their constant pecking, causing damage to wooden structures.

Put another way, Minot won't be able to rid itself of the squirrels because the animals have lived on the prairie for ...

The owlfly, a nocturnal insect with butterfly-like antennae and dragonfly wings, hunts mosquitoes and moths at night in North ...

The Richardson's ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.

Nature Saskatchewan is urging motorists across the province to keep an eye out for young Burrowing Owls this month, as ...

The middle of July marks the end of an important milestone in the life cycle of a Burrowing Owl and the beginning of another. For the past several weeks, juvenile owls have been tended to and fed by ...

A few of Indiana's tiniest transplants — invasive worms, moths and beetles from overseas — have made massive changes to Indiana's ecosystems over the past several decades.

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 ...

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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