Animals that live primarily underground are known as fossorial animals. Here are some species of animals that live underground: Prairie dogs dig intricate tunnel systems and chambers which provide ...

Why turtles developed a shell is a mystery which scientists have tried to solve for years Tyler Lyson Turtles may have developed their shells not to protect themselves but rather to burrow underground ...

The dioramic landscape illustrates the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with emphasis on mammaliamorphs. (Credit: Chuang Zhao) (CN) — Researchers uncovered two fossils of 145 million-year-old ...

Burrowing owls, as their name suggests, nest in underground burrows excavated by semi-fossorial animals, such as ground squirrels, prairie dogs and badgers. Not surprisingly, burrowing owls often ...

Foraging underground poses a number of important challenges for fossorial animals, such as amphisbaenians. For instance, visual detection and identification of prey is often hampered by low light ...

To understand wildlife responses to the changing environment, it is useful to examine their physiological responses and particularly their endocrine status. Here, we validated an enzyme immunoassay ...

The burrowing owl is the only owl species that lives underground, digging its own burrow or taking over abandoned ones made by other animals ...