Woodlands in western North America are changing fast. Intensifying wildfires, spreading diseases, and recurring droughts ...

In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in order to save endangered spotted owls. The agency has experimented with shooting ...

The barred owl, a non-native invasive species, has caused havoc on the native spotted owl's habitat and territory. With a stark warning that the spotted owl could be extinct in significant parts of ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Ten years of studying the northern spotted owl has revealed more serious threats to its survival, but no clear path to keeping it from extinction. Scientists, conservationists and ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

The Pacific Northwest bird's survival is in peril due to a combination of factors including climate change, wildfires, human-caused habitat destruction, and competition with invasive species in its ...

Despite sightings of big, bullying barred owls in Marin County, the native and threatened northern spotted owl population has remained steady, according to a new report. Out of 49 sites surveyed in ...

OLYMPIA -- "Alarming" studies showing Washington's spotted owl population dropping fast prompted federal and state officials this week to announce two initiatives that could protect the bird and the ...

In Oregon's forests and beyond, a network of microphones is tracking some of the state's most sensitive species and feeding ...

Federal officials are planning to hire hunters with shotguns to exterminate tens of thousands of cat-sized barred owls in California and the Pacific Northwest as the birds "invade" from the east. The ...

It’s no secret that owls are a hot topic in the bird world. These birds of prey are fascinating, unique and rarely seen due to their nocturnal tendencies. Owls aren’t clamoring for a spot at feeders ...