Their principal prey, the wood rat, lives off oak trees. Listed as a threatened species in 1990, the northern spotted owl is related to two other subspecies: the California spotted owl ...

The Pacific Northwest bird's survival is in peril due to a combination of factors including climate change, wildfires, human-caused habitat destruction, and competition with invasive species in ...

Notably, northern spotted owls only start breeding between the ... The owls are considered to be an indicator species that help to determine the health of a forest ecosystem.

And despite decades of progress in protecting spotted owl habitat, the species is still in perilous ... if they are not doing well, it is an indicator cautioning us that something is wrong.

That compares with potential extinction for spotted owls, should the problem go unaddressed. Because barred owls are aggressive hunters, removing them also could help other West Coast species that ...

“Decades of work has gone into ensuring the owls aren’t harmed by logging on our public lands,” said Noah Greenwald, the center’s endangered species director and a onetime seasonal spotted ...

Opponents say the mass killing of barred owls would cause severe disruption to forest ecosystems and could lead to other species — including spotted owls — being mistakenly shot. They’ve ...

However, the Fish and Wildlife Service refused to do so at the time, saying other species took priority.California spotted owls were proposed for federal protections last year. A decision is ...

Opponents say the mass killing of barred owls would cause severe disruption to forest ecosystems and could lead to other species — including spotted owls — being mistakenly shot. They've also ...