A close wildlife encounter capturing the calm presence of an owl in its natural habitat. A simple moment highlighting the ...

In the Pacific Northwest, an owl hunt is underway. Members of the Yakama Nation have started shooting barred owls on their reservation territory in Washington State. However, this hunt is not related ...

A federal plan to cull 450,000 barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and California aims to protect the threatened northern spotted owl, sparking legal challenges and conservation debates.

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special conservation status by federal and state governments. The list includes mammals, ...

The controversial plan has sparked backlash from animal advocates who argue the response is "unworkable, inhumane" and ...

Federal officials are planning to hire hunters with shotguns to exterminate tens of thousands of cat-sized barred owls in California and the Pacific Northwest as the birds "invade" from the east. The ...

SEATTLE – As soon as next spring, barred owls will be shot in the woods in a plan finalized Wednesday. As many as 450,000 barred owls could be killed in three states over the next 30 years in an ...

A controversial federal plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls along the West Coast is now in a judge’s hands after a key hearing last week in Portland, but an animal rights lawyer says the U.

There is something shocking about trying to save one species by killing nearly half a million of another species. That’s what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed in a plan to save the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Scientists want to determine whether killing the ...

A taken barred owl is not done so in vain. From each killed barred owl, biologist Mark Higley takes as much information as possible from body measurements, blood and stomach samples, to feather ...