An American city is becoming overrun by ground squirrels. Residents are fighting back - The number of Richardson's ground squirrels in North Dakota's fourth-largest city likely nears the city's popula ...

Ground squirrels have proliferated in Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city. They've burrowed everywhere from vacant lots to school grounds, residential areas and the downtown area.

A summer of birdwatching reveals nesting mysteries, territorial truce, and daily song as local species — from phoebes to ...

Peekaboo! Owlets keep their eyes on the camera in this week's Reader's Lens. Here's how the photographer got the image.

Owls are among the most iconic birds on Earth, known for their stealth, size, and piercing eyes. While many species are ...

The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, or rufous, coloration. Typically, Eastern Screech Owls in Central ...

Harriers evolved owl-like hearing to locate hidden prey in tall grass Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of raptors—harriers.

The ancient fable of owls and crows offers profound insights into contemporary geopolitical conflicts. These natural adversaries—owls blind by day and crows sightless at night—initially mocked each ...

Owls have inspired new noise reduction technology. The silent flight of the aerial predators is possible because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight ...

Owls have inspired new noise reduction technology. The silent flight of the aerial predators is possible because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise.