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Owls outsize eagles? The giant hunters you never expected

Owls are some of the best-known birds in the world, famous for their hooting calls and their excellent eyesight. There are ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Goofy’ owls that nest underground become candidate for endangered status

California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the rapidly declining species as endangered or threatened. The state Fish and Game ...
Yahoo

To protect an endangered owl species, government biologists propose killing off other owls

A juvenile barred owl in Kirkland, Wash. (Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images) The survival of one owl species hinges on the demise of another. That’s what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Alaska Dispatch News

To save one owl species, feds plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another

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 ...
Washington Times

Will feds decimate one owl species to help another?

Nearly 500,000 barred owls in Northern California, Oregon and Washington state will soon be under the gun if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes ahead with its latest scheme to save the endangered ...
The Conversation

We discovered a new species of owl – but we already think it’s in danger

Bárbara Freitas receives funding from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Forever Príncipe Conservation Alliance (from Africa’s Eden), National Geographic Society (Early career grant - ...
Press-Telegram

Rare burrowing owl named as candidate for state endangered species list

A species of small, furry owls who nest underground in open fields are in imminent danger of extinction and may get a lifeline extended from the California Fish and Game Commission. A petition to list ...
Fox News

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

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 ...
Science Daily

New species of owl discovered in the rainforests of Príncipe Island, Central Africa

A new species of owl has just been described from Príncipe Island, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Testimonies from local people suggesting its existence date back to 1928. A new species ...
Mongabay News on MSN

Snowy owl, striped hyena, sharks among migratory species proposed for greater protections

By Shreya Dasgupta Countries under the international treaty to protect migratory animals have proposed increasing protections ...
WTEN

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To save the imperiled spotted owl from ...