California’s largest burrowing owl population is in rapid decline
New surveys show a 27-percent drop in the number of breeding burrowing owls in California's Imperial Valley and provide some of the most striking evidence yet that the species is badly in need of state...
View ArticleWhy the sandfish lizard wriggles as it does (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus) lives in the desert sands of North Africa and burrows through the sand by wriggling. Now scientists in the US have created a computer model that...
View ArticleAustralia's critically endangered animal species
Australia has 96 critically endangered animal species, listed below. Over the coming months, we will be publishing a profile of each of them, looking at the threats to their survival, what's being done...
View ArticleDigging yields clues: Biologists connect burrowing behavior in mice to genes
Nature vs. nurture has long been one of the great debates in science—is behavior hard-wired into the brain, or determined by environment? In at least some cases, Harvard researchers are showing, how...
View ArticleVibrant mix of marine life found at extreme ocean depths, analysis reveals
The first scientific examinations of data recorded during a record-setting expedition have yielded new insights about the diversity of creatures that live and thrive in the cold, dark, and highly...
View ArticleBilby burrows integral to ecosystem function
Abandoned bilby burrows on rangeland restoration sites at Lorna Glen are proving to have multiple benefits for the landscape.
View ArticleBurrowing animals may have been key to stabilizing Earth's oxygen
Evolution of the first burrowing animals may have played a major role in stabilizing the Earth's oxygen reservoir, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
View ArticleAncient dirt churners took their time stirring up the ocean floor
Earth's early burrowers were slow to discover the bottom of the ocean as a good place to kick up dirt.
View ArticleGraduate students explore the effect climate change has on local bird...
Two University of New Mexico alumni have discovered that our changing climate is having a serious impact on population size and reproductive success of several bird species found around Albuquerque....
View ArticleBirds of a feather mob together
Dive bombing a much larger bird isn't just a courageous act by often smaller bird species to keep predators at bay. It also gives male birds the chance to show off their physical qualities in order to...
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