A federal plan to kill barred owls to protect spotted owls interferes with the “evolutionary paths” of the species contrary to environmental laws, according to animal rights advocates. The Animal ...

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 ...

Fun fact: Almost all owls have eyes that are proportionately large to their heads for increased visibility during low-light hours, but the Great Gray Owl's peepers are especially big—roughly the size ...

This research highlights the need to study the entire diel cycle—the full 24-hour period—in animal ecology, rather than focusing solely on their active phases. For example, while owls are typically ...

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop a plan to kill barred owls, which is part of a federal plan to save endangered spotted owls. Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of 19 lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter last week, asking the federal government to halt a plan that aims to kill tens ...

William & Mary researchers hope their studies on barred owls will show how they are adapting to man-made environments. For over two years, researchers in the university’s biology department have been ...

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 ...

Quietly, garnering little public attention, armed federal agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking to shoot every barred owl in Pacific Northwest forests. As we will explain, the grisl ...