The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at ending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s controversial plan to stave off the northern spotted owls’ extinction by killing thousands of ...

The Senate on Wednesday shot down legislation to stop a Biden-era plan encouraging the killing of one species of owl to save ...

A proposed resolution could halt the culling of 453,000 Barred Owls in the Pacific Northwest, raising questions about conservation costs and the fate of the endangered Spotted Owl.

Oregon Senators Merkley and Wyden oppose Senate moves to overturn Spotted Owl protections, stressing the importance of science-based wildlife management and local consensus.

Federal wildlife officials approved a plan last year to protect northern spotted owls by shooting other owls, but it has faced pushback from animal rights advocates and lawmakers — including ...

A Republican congressman introduced a resolution to stop a government plan to kill roughly 450,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The plan is intended to protect spotted owls. The plan, ...

A high-pitched screech cuts the night air. Then silence. Minutes pass with only the low drone of crickets. Then you hear it, ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once barred ...

SEATTLE — A hiker believes he was attacked by an owl while he was walking on a trail at Discovery Park in Seattle. "All the sudden, I felt like I got hit over the head by a stick or something out of ...