Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has approved temporary protections for the western burrowing owl as officials consider listing it under the California Endangered Species Act. Environmental ...

The death toll also explains why they have so many young. In good habitat, they may have two clutches of eggs during a breeding season and owlets breed within their first year. The need for fertile ...

In rejecting the Trump rule, federal officials said the dual threat of wildfires and competition from the barred owl underscore why more forest needs protection — to make sure there’s enough ...