A U.S. District judge on Aug. 12 ruled in favor of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service committed a “foundational error” when it declared the prairie-chicken ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress ...

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Ashland — In the remaining grasslands in Kansas lives the lesser prairie chicken, a stocky, quail-like bird that used to roam ...

A bird native to the Houston area will be in the spotlight this fall as part of a relaunch of a long running wildlife TV show. ENDANGERED SPECIES: Attwater’s prairie chicken numbers ‘booming’ at ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has approved two measures to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat — two endangered animals that have seen their populations ...