Nature Animals Plants Geography on Instagram: "Follow @explainingthewild for the best nature, animal, planet, and geography content 🧠⚙️ Living underground provides these tiny, nine-inch-tall birds with a natural “climate control” system that moderates extreme temperatures and prevents dehydration during scorching summer days. However, this lifestyle comes with high stakes: once young owlets—called chicks—begin to emerge from the burrow at about two weeks old, they are incredibly vulnerab

The Raptors on Instagram: "Spock is chatting up a storm! 💬 Great Horned Owls use their hoots to establish territory. During breeding season (which we are soon entering for these owls!), mated pairs will often call back and forth to one another. Fun fact: the female Great Horned Owl has a noticeably higher-pitched hoot than the male! #islandraptors #greathornedowl #birdsofprey #birdsofinstagram #owlsofinstagram"