Prairie grouse, comprising species such as the Greater and Lesser Prairie-Chicken, depend on extensive grassland ecosystems characterised by heterogeneous vegetation structure and minimal ...

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 ...

The oil and gas industry is reportedly teaming with ranchers and environmentalists to find a free-market solution to the declining population of the lesser prairie chicken, whose habitat is shrinking ...

Renowned mating dances and rituals of the lesser prairie chicken observed for hundreds of years could continue for decades to come as the federal government proposed new protections for the bird ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federally protected status under the Endangered Species Act for two populations of the lesser prairie-chicken that occupy parts of Texas, New Mexico, ...

The lesser prairie chicken is native to the Southern Great Plains, but it has lost 85% of its natural habitat due to changes in agriculture and invasive trees. As more of the lesser prairie chicken's ...

Will energy companies continue to protect habitat for a prairie grouse in the absence of government regulations? Will energy companies continue to protect habitat for a prairie grouse in the absence ...

A portly brown grouse with striped feathers and large golden brows might return to protected status in late May, as two companies aim to develop enough habitat to allow the lesser prairie chicken to ...

OKLAHOMA CITYOKLAHOMA CITY — Conservationists and wind power developers told a legislative panel on Thursday that more study is needed to determine the impact of wind turbines and electrical ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROSWELL, N.M.—The Bureau of Land Management said Friday an amended management plan for the lesser prairie chicken will allow oil and gas development, grazing ...