5. Today we show you some of California’s owls, particularly the burrowing owl, a candidate for the state’s endangered species list. Frank Chapman and 26 other naturalists initiated the ...

As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

One morning, two of us on a burrowing owl treasure hunt followed someone else’s track around the top of an old dump at Hayward Regional Shoreline searching for the owl that had been reported ...

SACRAMENTO — It's one of the smallest owl species in the world, but the loss of the California burrowing owl would be felt throughout our entire ecosystem and the California Department of Fish ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) Wildlife & Habitat Management team has begun its annual gopher tortoise burrow surveys with a new method this year — video scoping. “Using an ...

A colorful yet destructive creature, the invasive green iguana has plagued South Florida since the 1960s. They are believed ...

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’s ...

This is a burrowing owl, less than a foot tall and weighing just ounces. Higgins indicates that if we approach, it will surely fly away. As one of the Bay Area’s most imperiled birds ...