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

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 ...

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 ...

WRAY, Colo. — Fifteen minutes before daybreak you’ll hear them. Low, reedy moans that float up the gulch like phantoms on the wind. To see them you’ll have to wait. And wait. And wait some more. You ...

VILLAGE OF RUDOLPH - At 4:30 a.m. the moon hung in the sky like half a juicy tangerine. Fifteen minutes later a shooting star etched the central Wisconsin sky. With these celestial precursors, you ...

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.— The Center for Biological Diversity notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it would sue the agency for failing to protect lesser prairie chickens under 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...