A northern spotted owl sits on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif., in June 1995. (AP Photo/Tom Gallagher, File) The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) was developed in 1994 for the 24 million acres of federal ...

Fairfax has a new town mascot. The town has made the northern spotted owl its official bird in an effort to honor the area’s ecological heritage. The federally and state protected owl resides ...

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 ...

Icons of the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth forests, northern spotted owls teeter on the brink of extinction because of decades of logging and invasive barred owls. Curious and vocal, these ...

Woodlands in western North America are changing fast. Intensifying wildfires, spreading diseases, and recurring droughts ...

Members are challenging a Biden-era decision on lethal controls for barred owls in a bid to save the northern spotted owl. A bipartisan House alliance is taking aim at a Biden-era Fish and Wildlife ...

An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common one. Last ...

Wildlife advocates who oppose a controversial federal management plan to slaughter one type of owl in Pacific Coast forests to save another appear to have found an unlikely ally in President Donald ...

A barred owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered ...

A recent discovery has experts sounding the alarm: Northern saw-whet owls are turning up far from their usual homes. These changes could have lasting effects on communities that rely on healthy ...

Wildlife advocates who oppose a plan to slaughter one type of owl in Pacific coast forests to save another appear to have found an unlikely ally in the Trump administration. The plan approved by the ...