The courtship rituals among birds can be beautiful and complex. Some birds grow elaborate plumage and do dances to attract a mate. Others build big love nests and try to convince the female they ...

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 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 ...

Rather than killing one owl species to preserve another, the federal government should focus on restoring forest health and developing lush habitats. In other words, officials should abandon a project ...

A controversial plan to kill up to half a million invasive barred owls to protect endangered spotted owls is in jeopardy after the Trump administration terminated three critical grants funding the ...