"When wildlife starts turning up in unfamiliar places, it usually means their usual homes are no longer meeting their needs." ...

The spotted owl of the north is lovely, large and rarely seen. It relies exclusively on ancient forests for its survival. This dependency has put it at the center of the debate over logging and ...

The killings would reduce North American barred owl numbers by less than 1% annually, officials said. That compares with potential extinction for spotted owls, should the problem go unaddressed.

Originally from the eastern part of North America, the owl started moving west in the ... It shares many of the same food sources as the Northern spotted owl, but it’s larger, more aggressive, and ...

The northern spotted owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered ... impacts of changing “wildfire regimes” across western North America due to climate change, fire suppression and ...

The group’s president, Wayne Pacelle, described the management plan as both inhumane and futile, attempting to limit a fast-spreading owl that is native to North America and protected by the ...

Federal job cuts have upended spotted owl surveys in Northern and Southern ... The forest spans nearly 220 miles from north to south, stretching from Monterey to Los Angeles County.

Native to eastern North America, barred owls are relative ... ecosystem-level effects best understood through the lens of the northern spotted owl. The bigger, more aggressive barred owl displaces ...

The killings would reduce North American barred owl numbers by less than 1% annually, officials said. That compares with potential extinction for spotted owls, should the problem go unaddressed.

and the closely related California spotted owl. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in bid to save native birds Barred owls are native to eastern North America ...