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 ...

In the latest legal tussle over much-litigated protections for the northern spotted owl, environmental groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday for missing mandatory deadlines to review ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal plan to kill barred owls to protect spotted owls interferes with the “evolutionary paths” of the species contrary ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A federal lawsuit filed by conservationists Tuesday seeks to hold the US Fish and Wildlife Service to account for failing to list the California spotted owl as endangered.

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.

A proposed ski resort in British Columbia is facing some serious hurdles because its construction could potentially harm the ...

A Central Pennsylvania animal rescue organization is urging residents to remove tape used to trap spotted lanternflies on tree trunks after an owl recently became entangled and was injured.

A rare owl visitor to Shetland has been spotted. The sighting of the Tengmalm's owl is believed to have been the first of the breed in Shetland in over a century. It was observed after swooping ...

The short documentary aims to capture the excitement of the local birding community while telling the stories of people whose lives were changed by the snowy owl's appearance in late 2022.