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 ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns” — tufts ...

The burrowing owl stands just 7 to 10 inches high and is the only owl species to nest underground. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the ...

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 ...

Whether it swims, crawls, runs or flies, it's not easy to estimate the population of a wildlife species. That challenge is even greater when the animal lives in some of the most remote regions of the ...