State wildlife officials are asking for the public's thoughts on whether to list the western burrowing owl as a threatened or endangered species in California. The California Department of Fish ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will protect the California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. The owls have seen their numbers dwindle because of ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted today to protect western burrowing owls throughout California as a “candidate” species under the California Endangered ...

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 ...

State officials are weighing listing the tiny birds as an endangered species, a decision that could have big implications for the farming and renewable energy-focused county.

The Trump administration intends to overhaul the Endangered Species Act by changing what it means to harm an endangered or ...

Ian Oliphant, a Vancouver Island University biology student, conducted the first survey in B.C. on the population of helminth ...

Federal layoffs have created chaos for Northwest public lands, and a cascade of damaging environmental consequences appears ...

There are as few as 3,000 northern spotted owls left on federal lands. The brown raptors with white spots are listed as threatened under the California and federal Endangered Species Act.

Oregon and California from the invasive barred owl species. The northern spotted owl, native to the West Coast region, has been endangered since 1990. The species is listed as Near Threatened under ...

The spotted owl has been categorized as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since the 1990s, due in large part to the encroachment of barred owls on their habitat. Now, ecologists are ...

Greenwald anticipates the recent job cuts will harm more than just spotted owls, noting that mountain yellow-legged frogs and Southern California steelhead trout — both endangered — are among the ...