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Spotted owls back in forest spotlight 2008-08-13
Grants Pass, Ore. - The Bush administration has decided the northern spotted owl can get by with less old growth forest habitat as it struggles to make its way off the threatened species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday that the federal forest land designated as critica...

Hooting owls reveal motives of the dawn chorus By Matt Kaplan, 2008-08-13
The dawn chorus - when male birds sing their hearts out at sunrise - has puzzled biologists for almost as long as it has inspired poetry. The birds probably do it to show off to females - but is it a signal of strength from being able to sing on an empty stomach, or being tough enough to sing...

Owl trade profits poachers - Night bird sold for up to a lakh across borders By Aneeta Sharma, 2008-08-13
Ranchi: For smugglers, owl trafficking has become one of the profitable businesses these days. With each of the owl fetching as much as Rs 1 lakh, the nocturnal creature is almost on the threshold of being endangered. The state forests, environment and wildlife department has sounded a red ...

As spotted owl's numbers keep falling, some fear it's doomed By Warren Cornwall, 2008-08-13
The northern spotted owl - an endangered icon that spurred a rescue effort so sweeping it brought old-growth logging to a virtual standstill in the Northwest - is now closer than ever to extinction. Fourteen years after old-growth logging was banned on most federal lands to protect the owls, th...

Barn owls to be reintroduced at Fermilab By Dan Petrella, 2008-08-08
Batavia, IL - The world-renowned particle accelerator at Fermilab is surrounded by more than 1,000 acres of restored prairie, making the lab's grounds an ideal place to reintroduce the state-endangered barn owl. Ecologists from Fermilab and the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County are ...

Scientists say spotted owl plan not good enough By Jeff Barnard, 2008-08-04
The Bush administration's latest plan for saving the northern spotted owl from extinction while allowing a boost in old growth logging was better, but still not good enough, according to three leading professional organizations of wildlife scientists. The Wildlife Society, the Society for C...

No extension granted for pygmy-owl review 2008-07-30
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week declined to extend a public comment period for a review of the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl’s potential status as an endangered species, according to a July 22 memo. The Fish and Wildlife Service had once considered the small, ruddy-colored owl, ...

Pygmy Owl Continues to Decline in Mexico By Noah Greenwald, 2008-07-24
TUCSON, Ariz.—The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl population in northern Sonora, Mexico, has declined over the past nine years, according to an ongoing monitoring effort by University of Arizona researcher Aaron Flesch. The report's dismal findings support efforts by the Center for Biological Diversi...

Rescued barn owls released into the wild By Jamie Autin, 2008-07-19
ST. LUCIE COUNTY - One by one, four barn owls were released Friday into their natural habitat after being rescued and raised by humans. Each owl flew a different path ranging from 600 to 1,000 feet, the farthest they have ever flown, across a field of grass and into a forest. The Treasure Coas...

Meet Norfolk's green owls 2008-07-18
It is a problem that faces parents to be across the land - finding a safe and affordable home in which to bring up a young family. But a green initiative being run at county council recycling centres in Norfolk is helping give at least one member of the animal kingdom a safe place to rear the...

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