In Oregon's forests and beyond, a network of microphones is tracking some of the state's most sensitive species and feeding ...

If you explore our old-growth forests or the high desert trails long enough, you’ll hear the deep, sonorous hoot of the great horned owl or the whimsical “who cooks for you” hoot of the barred owl.

Each spring, the U.S. Forest Service hires dozens of seasonal biologists to venture into remote Northwest forests on federal land and set up acoustic recorders to monitor for sounds indicating the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — "Hoot hoot hooray," says the Oregon Zoo, and for good reason - it has two new snowy owls making themselves at home in its North America exhibit. The fluffy white owls, named Rocky and ...

For researchers, endangered and threatened birds like the Northern Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murrelet can be incredibly hard to find and study in the wild. Now, new research shows that artificial ...

It was 50 years ago this month that President Richard Nixon signed what would become one of the nation’s most far-reaching environmental laws: the Endangered Species Act. The act was intended to ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore — Albert the Barn Owl is the newest member of the team of animal ambassadors at Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center by way of Utah. Albert joined executive director ...

Seventeen years ago, only four burrowing owl pairs remained at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon. Now, more than 80 pairs nest in the unlikely spot that has become home to one of the world ...

Four Oregon lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help stop a plan that would kill 450,000 barred owls in an effort to save endangered spotted owls over the next 30 years. The ...