To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

Barred owl owlet perched against a green background on a branch in the forest in Canada© Jim Cumming/Shutterstock.com In the Pacific Northwest, an owl hunt is underway. Members of the Yakama Nation ...

ARCATA, Calif. — The hooting had died down and the two bird lovers faced the immensity of the dark forest. Scanning his light among the redwoods, Danny Hofstadter listened. The distant ocean sounded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fledgling barred owl sits in a tree at Muir Woods in Mill Valley, Calif. (Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle) The strange ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. United States wildlife officials finalized a plan on Wednesday to kill ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is implementing a divisive plan to save the endangered spotted owl by killing its competitor, the barred owl. The strategy permits the lethal ...

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 ...

"Even nature’s most skilled predators share gentle bonds." ...

(AP) — To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, US wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

The strange political bedfellows created by efforts to save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest just got even stranger. Already Republican members of Congress were allied with animal rights ...