The Barred owl is larger, has a more diverse diet, and they’ve lost much of their habitat in the east to logging and development. In 2025 the US Fish Wildlife Agency, which had done some good things ...

GPS data from 56 owls show the invader occupies the best old growth, and managing it back reopens habitat spotted owls can use BLUE LAKE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2026 - Newly published research offers some ...

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special conservation status by federal and state governments. The list includes mammals, ...

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William & Mary researchers hope their studies on barred owls will show how they are adapting to man-made environments. For over two years, researchers in the university’s biology department have been ...

I have the unenviable duty to argue for lethally managing barred owls — charismatic and complex creatures to whom we owe consideration and respect, but which are also an invasive species wreaking ...

Newly published research offers some of the clearest evidence yet of why the invasive barred owl has become one of the greatest threats to the northern spotted owl and delivers encouraging evidence ...