The refuge west of Houston just grew by its largest expansion in decades.

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Ashland — In the remaining grasslands in Kansas lives the lesser prairie chicken, a stocky, quail-like bird that used to roam ...

The lesser prairie chicken, known for its flamboyant courtship dances and bulging neck pouches, has lost a majority of its population in the grasslands and brush of southwestern Kansas. But Republican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered ...

"Instead, lesser prairie-chickens became officially delisted due to multiple court cases filed by industrial oil, big ...

FILE - A lesser prairie chicken is seen amid the bird's annual mating ritual near Milnesand, N.M., on April 8, 2021. (Adrian Hedden/Carlsbad Current Argus via AP, File) FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A ...

The Lesser Prairie Chicken is no longer considered a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Court ruling forces federal wildlife officials to drop bird protections that cattle groups said hurt ranching operations across five western states.

On Feb. 26, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced the lesser prairie-chicken has officially been delisted from any endangered status. The red tape associated with protecting the lesser ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking the public's assistance in locating prairie chickens this spring. These birds have typically been found in three spots in Ringgold County, ...

Why the federal government must step in and support leadership efforts for conservation of Great Plains grasslands, lesser prairie-chickens.