Federal wildlife officials approved a plan to cull barred owls in order to protect northern spotted owls, but it could be ...

In the Pacific Northwest, hunters are seeking out the invasive barred owl in an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl.

The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is the "canary in the coal-mine" for the health of old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Northern spotted owls are an indicator species, meaning their presence in old-growth forests indicates a healthy ecosystem, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

In the Pacific Northwest, hunters are seeking out the invasive barred owl in an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl.

The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan -- kill nearly half a ...

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 ...

Spotted owls are disappearing fast, and federal cuts could mean no one’s left to count them A northern spotted owl photographed in 1995 sitting on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif.

For hundreds of years, a handsome, dark-brown owl with white spots has made its home in the lush, "old-growth" forests of the Pacific Northwest. Under the multilayered canopies of these 200-year-old ...

Rather than killing one owl species to preserve another, the federal government should focus on restoring forest health and developing lush habitats.

Officials said northern spotted owl populations in the northern half of the species’ range ‒ where barred owls have moved in most aggressively ‒ have dropped by more than 75% in 20 years.

A northern spotted owl photographed in 1995 sitting on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif. An academic partner on a U.S. Forest Service-led monitoring program for the endangered species said a federal ...