UW researchers trained Shrek, a Labrador retriever mix, and Max, an Australian cattle dog mix, to locate owl pellets and feces of northern spotted and barred owls at the base of trees where the ...

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to kill some 470,000 owls over 30 years to protect other owl species has prompted conservationists and animal welfare advocates to weigh the consequences.

A group of animal advocacy organizations are calling on the federal government to stop a proposal that aims to save spotted owl populations by killing invasive barred owls in the west coast.

Firefighters in Winter Park, Florida, rescued a barred owl that had gotten stuck in the roof rack of a moving car. The bird of prey found itself trapped in Florida.

While barred owl removal is unpalatable, spotted owls evolved over eons and, absent intervention, will disappear from the planet in a matter of years. Species have intrinsic value, ...

To save northern spotted owls from the barred owl onslaught, the FWS said in a draft environmental impact statement that they plan to initially cull around 20,000 of the owls in the first year ...

Barred owls are known to be aggressive and territorial. A barred owl similar to this one recently attacked a Washington state woman — twice. Kena Betancur / AFP via Getty Images.

Video of the barred owl flying through the Northern Virginia home has delighted viewers and spread cheer. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

FILE - A female barred owl sits on a branch in the wooded hills, Dec. 13, 2017, outside Philomath, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) TOPICS: ...