In Oregon's forests and beyond, a network of microphones is tracking some of the state's most sensitive species and feeding the tweets, chirps and hoots into an AI processing tool. Why it matters: ...

Biological science technician Alaina Thomas during a night survey, listening for the hoot of a spotted owl.Todd Sonflieth/OPB photo The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer ...

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 ...

Research at the Global Owl Project’s human-made burrowing owl network in eastern Oregon has revealed some fascinating habits of the tiny raptors. Here are five things that project Director David ...

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 ...

HERMISTON, Ore. — Out in eastern Oregon, a colony of tiny owls is thriving, thanks to old apple juice barrels. The little birds who nest in the ground instead of trees — aptly called burrowing owls — ...

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 ...

SHADY COVE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On Thursday, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife responded to a report of an injured owl near a residence in Shady Cove. The reported “baby” owl turned out to be a ...

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 ...

Regional monitoring for endangered owls, salmon and frogs is done by seasonal biologists who aren’t being hired now under a federal freeze Each spring, the U.S. Forest Service hires dozens of seasonal ...