Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an ...

A burrowing owlet peers out from its burrow ... the owls spend the winter together in a massive aviary at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center in Morgan Hill, south of San Jose.

By taking scans of cores taken from the deepest part of the ocean, they saw how burrowing animals like sea cucumbers and other invertebrates shift the sediment via a network of tunnels.

Burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping quarters, and even toilets. They also feature listening posts near exits, so animals can safely keep tabs on the movements of predators outside.

As insectivorous, burrowing mammals, pangolins play a key role in our ecosystem by controlling insect populations, recycling soil nutrients and sheltering other animals in their abandoned burrows.

Bioturbation is an engineering process by which animals or plants oxygenate and irrigate sediment. Many creatures do this by burrowing, and those under the seafloor are no exception. Bioturbation ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a March 2024 petition by conservation groups, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has found that protecting the western burrowing owl under the California ...

On a recent drive back from Denver International Airport, I saw a coyote running through a prairie-dog town. It was the fifth coyote I saw that morning between Estes Park and Denver, but this one ...