Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North America.

The spotted owl has been categorized as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since the 1990s, due in large part to the encroachment of barred owls on their habitat. Now, ecologists are ...

They are so closely related that they sometimes crossbreed, blurring species boundaries and diluting spotted owl genes. More often, though, when barred owls move in, spotted owls just disappear.

dark brown owl with a barred tail; white spots on its head, neck, and back; and dark brown eyes surrounded by a large, heart-shaped facial disk. It is the largest of the three spotted owl species and ...

A group of 19 lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter last week, asking the federal government to halt a plan that aims to kill tens of thousands of barred owls along the West Coast. In a letter ...

Barred owls are notorious for taking habitat away from the now-endangered Northern spotted owl, but one creature that doesn't ...

A group of 19 lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter last week, asking the federal government to halt a plan that aims to kill tens of thousands of barred owls along the West Coast. In a letter ...

the letter claims that a wildlife control plan like the Barred Owl Management Strategy has no precedent for success and that barred owls are not actually an invasive species, but rather, a part of a ...