This mating dance is more than just an annual ritual for the birds. Attwater’s prairie chickens are among the rarest birds in ...

A U.S. District judge on Aug. 12 ruled in favor of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service committed a “foundational error” when it declared the prairie-chicken ...

Feb. 21—Conservation banker Wayne Walker is on a mission to preserve lesser prairie chicken habitat. Walker, the principal of Common Ground Capital LLC, said in this case, instead of trying to develop ...

It’s pitch-black in Jasper County, Ill. — not yet 5 a.m. — and Bob Gillespie is running late. Gillespie, a wildlife biologist at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area near Newton, opens a gate with a do ...

The greater prairie chicken’s courtship season, when the males launch loud and colorful displays to woo mates, attracts naturalists and bird watchers from around the world. Subscribe to read this ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn.-For some reason, the male prairie chicken occupying center stage was more appealing to the half-dozen hens gathered nearby than the other males, who found themselves on the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— In response to a 2016 petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the lesser prairie ...

The Wexford Ranches of South and West Texas have received a prestigious conservation award. The O’Connor family, who have ...

A rare bird threatened by oil and gas development in the southeast New Mexico Permian Basin region was listed for the strongest federal protections available Thursday, according to an announcement ...

GLYNDON, Minn. -- The show begins while sunrise is still just a reddish-orange rumor in the eastern sky. You hear it before you can see much of anything. Rapid wing beats ("Is that one over there? I ...