BOLTON, Vt. (WCAX) - There may be a layer of snow and ice on the ground, but under that blanket, voles, mice, and other critters are tunneling in their own secret world. In this week’s Wildlife ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The research team considered other burrowing animals native to the region before concluding that aardvarks were the most likely creators of these fossil traces. These included porcupines ...

Burrowing owls have suffered significant habitat loss due ... Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities, with a nationwide ...