Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, ...

Biologist Eric Forsman was delighted that a breeding pair of wild spotted owls he has studied for years did it again (their 3-week-old hatchlings on a hemlock in Oregon this past May). ⓒ Gary Braasch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barred owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A controversial plan to ...

Like its cousins the Mexican and northern spotted owls, the California spotted owl is a bellwether of old-growth forests. This owl's classic four-note call was once commonly heard throughout the big ...

The spotted owl has long served as a flagship species for environmentalists across the nation, and the Mexican spotted owl is the Southwest's most famous old-growth resident. Unfortunately, by the ...

Northern spotted owl numbers have continued to decline in North America’s Pacific Northwest, partly due to competition from barred owls considered invasive in the region. The spotted owl has been ...

Northern spotted owl in an old growth forest on Bureau of Land Management land. The raptor is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and there may be as few as 3,000 left on federal ...

A coalition of conservation groups announced it has intervened in a lawsuit that seeks to remove almost 3.5 million acres of land in California, Oregon and Washington from protected status. The land ...

A Republican congressman introduced a resolution to stop a government plan to kill roughly 450,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The plan is intended to protect spotted owls. The plan, ...

Fairfax has a new town mascot. The town has made the northern spotted owl its official bird in an effort to honor the area’s ecological heritage. The federally and state protected owl resides ...

The Senate could vote soon on a Congressional Review Act resolution targeting an effort to protect one owl by killing another. A fast-track congressional effort to strike down a Biden-era plan to save ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – You may have noticed lately an increase in owl noises in your backyard or out for a walk– 22News is working for you with tips on how to spot an owl. A 22News viewer sent a ...