TEXAS CITY - Brandon Crawford stopped his white SUV in the middle of a waterlogged, mosquito-filled prairie, and pointed what looked like a 1970s television antenna toward the horizon. A steady "ping, ...

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Topeka — The Trump administration is attempting to strike protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a bird that has ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered in some places and threatened in others, citing mistakes made in the ...

Bianca Sicich isn’t ready to let go of the prairie just yet. It’s the last Friday of February, the first green shoots of spring emerging from the overwintering tall grass, and she’s up early to ...

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and ...

A greater prairie chicken during its courtship at the Kellerton lek. (Photo by Lowell Washburn/DNR) For more than a decade, Iowans have gathered at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area at ...

Male prairie chickens dance and call as they attempt to attract a mate April 11, 2025 at Buena Vista Wildlife Area in central Wisconsin.

WRAY, Colo. — In the town of Wray on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, the greater prairie chicken is not just surviving — it’s dancing. Every spring, visitors from across the country travel to Wray to ...

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.

MOUNT AYR, Iowa (AP) -- Imagine a time when the low, booming calls of prairie chickens resonated across Iowa's gently rolling hills. At Kellerton Grasslands, that time is now. Members of a recent ...

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 lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and ...