The stereotypical owl in media depictions is one of the “horned” variety, one with pointy ear tufts, but that doesn't fly ...

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 ...

A Republican congressman introduced a resolution to stop a government plan to kill roughly 450,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The plan is intended to protect spotted owls. The plan, ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once barred ...