Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop a plan to kill barred owls in an effort to save endangered spotted ...

If you have seen an owl on Capitol Hill in the past decade, there is a strong chance it was a Barred Owl (Strix varia). In ...

The complaint alleges the Fish and Wildlife Service violated federal law by not fully analyzing the impacts of the plan or ...

His mission? To save the northern spotted owl. The threat? The more aggressive barred owl, which has spread from eastern ...

Northern spotted owl populations have been rapidly declining due in part to competition from invasive barred owls, which originate in the eastern United States. Northern spotted owls are listed as ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill around 15,000 barred owls each year in three Western states to help save the threatened northern spotted owl.

Now is a great time to hear owls hooting,” according to Seattle-based master birder, educator and author Connie Sidles.

Federal officials have said the cull is necessary to prevent extinction of the northern spotted owl, whose numbers are declining rapidly because of competition with the barred owls and habitat loss.