It's breeding season for the rapidly declining California spotted owl, and Ben Vizzachero was about to lead an effort to survey the stately conifer forests and oak woodlands of Los Padres National ...

They questioned if the shootings would help native populations of northern spotted owls, which have long been controversial ...

Bipartisan lawmakers condemned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to shoot 450,000 barred owls as part of a ...

As the snow fades from northern Minnesota, so does the influx of owls that migrated into the area during the latest owl irruption event. Irruptions occur when there is a sudden change in the ...

The northern spotted owl long has been a lightning rod for environmental debates in this part of the country. In the 1980s and 1990s, logging restrictions were imposed to preserve the owl’s habitat in ...

The northern spotted owl is already facing habitat loss and competition with invasive species. Losing the ability to monitor the bird could come with major consequences ...

A group of federal lawmakers has asked Interior Secretary Burgum to scrap a plan to kills thousands of owls in West Coast ...

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers are seeking a halt to the plan to kill 450,000 barred ...

A Cebu hawk owl, identified as an endemic species, was spotted by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural ...

Federal job cuts have upended spotted owl surveys in Northern and Southern California. It’s unclear whether wildfire mitigation strategies such as forest thinning can happen if the surveys are ...