The greater prairie chicken is a bird you shouldn’t expect to see in Grand Forks County. There are a few out there, but you’d have to look. Same thing just across the Red River in Polk County, ...

There has been a slight increase in the number of Attwater's prairie chickens in Texas City over the past few years as efforts continue to restore and protect the endangered species' habitat. The ...

Conservationists and cattle ranchers are working together to restore grassland for the lesser prairie chicken. The bird used to roam Kansas, but has lost most of its habitat to crop production.

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species. Difficult to distinguish by their physical appearance alone, some scientists have ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. For more than a decade, Iowans have gathered at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area at ...

A federal judge in Texas granted a request by the Trump administration, which said a Biden-era decision to safeguard the bird was flawed. By Catrin Einhorn A federal judge has agreed to let the Trump ...

One week ago, the sun rose on my hunting season. If the next few months follow suit, it’ll be magical. That first morning we trudged due east in northern Clay County through chest-high thistles and ...

The plight of the greater prairie chicken in Wisconsin appears set to take a turn for the worse. As a longtime advocate for the native bird, that's a hard statement for me to write. And although it ...