A surprising number of animals dig burrows. Dogs and wolves and even polar bears dig dens for themselves and their families, but can they be considered burrowing animals? For the purposes of this ...

ProRail says that badgers like digging into the steep sides of earthen dikes that carry many Dutch train tracks. That can cause the tracks to subside, endangering trains.

"In the winter, the badger can dig up hibernating prey as it sleeps in its burrow," the FWS explains. "It has no need for the fleet-footed coyote." Not at the time, anyway.

Doggedly tracking badgers Date: July 29, 2011 Source: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summary: How far would you drive in the Badger State to find a badger -- or even a burrow?

Being mindful, of course, that eating rotten meat in a dirt burrow suits badgers much better than us." A badger looking quite satisfied after burying the calf carcass. Evan Buechley ...

Using their long claws, honey badgers dig burrows to rest in, sometimes on a daily basis. They’ll do it anywhere—in the ground, in a tree trunk, or even into an old termite mound.

Two badger cubs are seen April 12, 2006, in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, south of Budapest, Hungary. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the ...

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the northern and southern Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Badgers burrow under Dutch train tracks Skip ...