This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to ...

The spotted owl got most of the blame because it was easy to blame them and it was undeserved,” Henson said. “It definitely had an impact, ...

When the northern spotted owl was listed as threatened on the Endangered Species Act in 1990, wildlife officials listed the barred owl as a potential threat to their population, Bown said.

Efforts to track northern spotted owl populations might be one of the latest casualties in the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting efforts. In a press release issued Wednesday ...

Killing 60,000 to 100,000 barred owls across a portion of California and the West would save the Spotted owl from extinction.

Officials said northern spotted owl populations in the northern half of the species’ range ‒ where barred owls have moved in most aggressively ‒ have dropped by more than 75% in 20 years.

The spotted owl is considered an indicator species -- a gauge of the health of the ecosystem that provides its habitat. The steady decline of this species signals the demise of other species, such as ...

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 half ...

Trump’s hiring freeze could push an owl toward extinction, environmental group warns. The northern spotted owl is already facing habitat loss and competition with invasive species.

The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan -- kill nearly half a ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller ...

The spotted owl is one piece of that story … and it’s unfortunate that we have a current administration that doesn’t care about that, doesn’t care about nature or future generations, ...