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 ...

Barred owls are known to attack humans and outcompete other endangered owl species. Now, a controversial management strategy would involve culling more than 15,000 annually.

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.

A Senate debate over a plan to protect an endangered owl species by killing other owls turned heated on Wednesday, though the ...

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, ...

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 ...