A debate rages over the culling of barred owls to save northern spotted owls, one that eludes easy classification.

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The British Columbia government has shot and killed 80 barred owls since 2007 as part of a program that is intended to help prevent the extinction of the Northern spotted owl in Canada. The country’s ...

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special ...

A controversial conservation strategy that has sparked division among both lawmakers and environmentalists will move forward.

A Northern Spotted Owl is perched on a conservationist's arm in a breeding and recovery facility in Langley, B.C. There are only four known to be living in the wild in the province and one of them is ...

A coalition of B.C. environmental groups has launched legal action in a bid to get the federal government to step in to save the northern spotted owl from logging. There were 100 breeding pairs in ...

'It's a crying shame...' A single female northern spotted owl can still be heard hooting in the night around S&M Creek, but it could be just a matter of time before she's gone. A new national program ...

To save spotted owls from extinction US officials may kill thousands of barred owls The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the ...

An environmental group is taking the federal government to court over what it says is a failure to enact a protection order meant to safeguard habitat for the last northern spotted owl still living in ...

Canada’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change took too long when he waited eight months to recommend cabinet issue an emergency order to protect the northern spotted owl — Canada’s most ...