Image via Shutterstock Look I'm sure I'm not as smart as some of the government bigwigs in Washington. But doesn't it sound morally wrong to attempt to save one species by genociding others? In order ...

According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, barred owls are competing for the available habitat with spotted owls and the spotted owls are losing the battle.

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 ...

Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, US wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan: hire trained sharp-shooters to assassinate its rivals. The US Fish and Wildlife ...

A rare migratory bird has been spotted in Sri Lanka recently. Birdwatcher Moditha Kodikara Arachchi says he spotted the bird ...

The Marin nonprofit has joined a coalition of conservation groups defending a federal plan to kill invasive barred owls in ...

FILE - Barred owls from the east have moved in and taken over spotted owl habitat in the western forests of Oregon, and are now pushing spotted owls closer and closer to extinction. Nick Fisher ...

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 ...

Stripes, round bodies, dark penetrating eyes. At a glance, the barred owl and the northern spotted owl are easily mistaken for the same bird. So what warrants protections for one and killing the ...