Advocacy groups have expressed dismay after the Senate’s decision last month not to halt the planned killing of hundreds of thousands of barred owls, a measure intended to protect the spotted owl.

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. - Oregon officials are warning early morning joggers and park visitors in the state capital Salem to watch out for an owl who has an affinity for hats after at least four people were ...

Barred owls are notoriously aggressive and territorial, and have been known to attack humans, even when seemingly unprovoked. Now, the federal government plans to authorize killing up to 450,000 ...

A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered spotted owls is in jeopardy after the Trump administration terminated three critical grants funding the ...

WESTPORT, CT (WFSB) - A driver rescued an injured barred owl from the Merritt Parkway on Monday. Westport Animal Shelter Advocates reported that the commuter picked up the owl in Westport and ...

The spotted owl has been a conservation flashpoint for more than 30 years. While habitat loss has been their historic foe, their most recent threat comes from within the owl family tree: the barred ...

An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common one. Last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, ...