Northern spotted owl numbers have continued to decline in North America’s Pacific Northwest, partly due to competition from barred owls considered invasive in the region. The spotted owl has been ...

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 ...

Federal wildlife officials approved a plan last year to protect northern spotted owls by shooting other owls, but it has faced pushback from animal rights advocates and lawmakers — including ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a ...

Federal officials are taking action to save a threatened and endangered owl, but it will come at a cost to another species. The goal is to help the Northern and California Spotted Owl from the ...

U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barred owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A controversial plan to ...

We're talking about the barred owl, a native raptor that stands about 18 inches tall, has ebony eyes and beautiful, streaked plumage, and is supremely adapted to fly and hunt in forests and wetlands ...

U.S. wildlife officials next year will scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests. Federal officials said Wednesday they've ...