https://www.hcn.org/external_files/allimages/2002/feb04/graphics/020204.001.jpg DANCER WITHOUT A STAGE: A sage grouse paces his formerlek, now under the Central Utah ...

It isn't easy to capture an up-close view of the outrageous, wing-flapping, foot-stomping, chest-puffing, guttural-moaning mating ritual of the sharp-tailed grouse that takes place at daybreak during ...

The efforts to protect the greater sage grouse habitat in the West can, at times, resemble the birds’ famous mating dance, taking two steps forward and one step back. In recent months, a two-steps ...

Dawn is the best time to boogie if you’re a greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). In spring, as many as 70 of the iconic male grouse will gather at each dance floor (called a “lek”) before ...

Dusky grouse are effectively camouflaged and cryptic much of the year, but when it comes to the spring mating season, the males are bright and bold In the early 1800s, as the expedition led by Lewis ...

BOWMAN COUNTY, N.D. - Stan Kohn and I were laughing like new friends do when they’ve just discovered a common interest. We were in his pickup at first light on an April morning. The distant hills were ...

Mar. 31—The public is invited to observe the morning dancing ritual of the sharp-tailed grouse on the prairies of Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge. The active grouse "lek" or "dancing grounds" allow ...

As Harrell says, grouse prefer to walk rather than fly, where they're more susceptible to the raptors above. They've adapted to life on the ground using sage as cover and the open pockets between as a ...

BUFFALO — On Johnson County’s most remote stretches of land, across the sagebrush sea, Greater Sage-Grouse finish the most consequential part of their day before most humans have had their coffee. As ...