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

The California Fish and Game Commission has approved temporary protections for the western burrowing owl as officials consider listing it under the California Endangered Species Act.

FILE – Carol Coy, Pomona Valley Audubon Society’s burrowing owl conservation committee member, surveys the land near Ontario Airport where burrowing owls nest on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.

The burrowing owl is a California species of special concern, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bird of conservation concern, and has protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Burrowing owls, known scientifically as Athene cunicularia hypugaeaare, are the only owl species that nest and roost underground. In the early 1900s, they nested across Southern California.

There’s a new burst of life at the Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre in Moose Jaw, where several new chicks have ...

The western burrowing owl is relatively widespread, from Canada to the Western U.S. to Central America and is not listed as a protected species overall.

The Florida burrowing owl is a threatened species. Conservationists, students and faculty think Florida Atlantic University should be doing more to protect their beloved mascot.

A petition to list the western burrowing owls as an endangered or threatened species was accepted on Oct. 10 by the commission, making the unusual owl a “candidate” for protective status under ...