Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...

First, saving the spotted owl will save an entire ecosystem on which plants, other animals, and humans depend. The spotted owl is considered an indicator species -- a gauge of the health of the ...

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.

Northern spotted owls are considered a medium-sized owl, usually about 1.5 feet (0.4 meters) in length with a wingspan up to 4 feet (1.2 meters). Barred owls are slightly larger.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has authorized the targeted killing of barred owls in three Western states. A northern spotted owl (left) in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Oregon ...

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 2019 AND THEREAFTER- This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a ...

USFWS said lethal removal of barred owls, by trained professionals, would occur in less than half of the areas where spotted and invasive barred owls co-exist within the northern spotted owl’s ...