A small population of California burrowing owls is getting a helping hand when it comes to romance—from a team of devoted scientists. Finding a mate isn’t just about love for California ...

The "pseudo-spring" of the last week of February brought about many happenings in nature. After the first three weeks of the month that averaged a temperature of only about 4 degrees above zero, the ...

There's plenty of air in the tiny spaces between grains of sand; the problem for sand-burrowing animals is how to get that air into their lungs while keeping the sand out ...

Other prey animals include reptiles, amphibians, and small birds. THREATS: California's remaining burrowing owls are threatened primarily by habitat loss to urban development, persecution of ground ...

Birds also use burrows as dust baths, and small mammals use them as a foraging and hunting ground. “Our research shows that pangolins and other burrowing animals are likely to play the ...

An assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Tao was awarded $500,00 for his research in adopting a variety of burrowing strategies by animals in the natural ... technologies and ...