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

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.

SEATTLE — 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 ...

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To prevent the extinction of the threatened spotted owl species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill thousands of invasive barred owls across forests in the western U.S. The plan, ...

Many barred owls could die so that northern spotted owls may thrive under a management strategy finalized this week by the Fish and Wildlife Service. With the larger and more aggressive barred owls ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups intervened today in a lawsuit brought by the timber industry and counties seeking to strip northern spotted owls of protections for their critical habitat across ...

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 ...

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 ...

The groups filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit about critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in California, Oregon and Washington. Environmental groups now want to help defend the northern ...