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

Once abundant throughout the ancient coastal forests of the Western U.S., the spotted owl gained fame during the so-called Timber Wars of the 1980s and ’90s, which pitted environmentalists ...

Once abundant throughout the ancient coastal forests of the Western U.S., the spotted owl gained fame during the so-called Timber Wars of the 1980s and ’90s, which pitted environmentalists ...

The other California spotted owl population, which lives in Sierra Nevada forests in California and western Nevada, would be classified as threatened, the agency said.

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, US wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan: hire trained sharp-shooters to assassinate its rivals. The US Fish and Wildlife ...

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.

A federal government plan for hunters to kill thousands of invasive owls to protect the rapidly declining northern spotted owl has ruffled the feathers of dozens of animal advocacy groups.. On ...

In previous studies, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that in the study areas where barred owls were not killed, spotted owl populations declined by about 12% each year.

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 other California spotted owl population, which lives in Sierra Nevada forests in California and western Nevada, would be classified as threatened, the agency said.