The Prairie Chicken Project is still working to save the prairie chicken in Wisconsin, while Illinois has already lost its ...

This mating dance is more than just an annual ritual for the birds. Attwater’s prairie chickens are among the rarest birds in the Lonestar State and are highly-endangered. According to Nature ...

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 ...

The Wexford Ranches of South and West Texas have received a prestigious conservation award. The O’Connor family, who have ...

One of the last slivers of remaining prairie in Minnesota will grow a little larger. Conservation groups the Nature Conservancy and Pheasants Forever announced a deal Wednesday to preserve and restore ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s get one thing clear from the start: I am not a bird person. The only time in my life I can remember ever being intrigued by ...

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 ...

An endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken, native to the Texas Gulf Coast. Houston might not seem like the kind of place where a lot of wildlife used to thrive, or where wild grouse used to run free.

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 ...

It’s pitch-black in Jasper County, Ill. — not yet 5 a.m. — and Bob Gillespie is running late. Gillespie, a wildlife biologist at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area near Newton, opens a gate with a do ...

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 ...