Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lesser prairie chicken, which has lost its endangered and threatened statuses, appears in a field in Oakley, Kansas. (Getty ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Midwestern bird known for its unique appearance and impressive courtship dances is officially off the federal threatened and endangered species list. Groups opposed to the move have, ...

FILE - A lesser prairie chicken is seen amid the bird's annual mating ritual near Milnesand, N.M., on April 8, 2021. (Adrian Hedden/Carlsbad Current Argus via AP, File) FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the lesser prairie chicken from the endangered species list, a move sought by cattlemen in America’s heartland. Fish and Wildlife finalized the delisting Feb ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from the imperiled lesser prairie chicken. The decision eliminates the birds’ ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The fight over a grouse found in pockets across the Great Plains is far from over as industry and state officials worried Tuesday that relisting the lesser prairie chicken as ...

On Feb. 26, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced the lesser prairie-chicken has officially been delisted from any endangered status. The red tape associated with protecting the lesser ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected after the Trump administration agreed with arguments ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The lesser prairie chicken has been officially removed from the federal endangered and threatened species list by the Trump administration. The bird’s population spans parts of ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Oil companies and ranchers across West Texas are celebrating a change in status for a previously endangered species. The Less Prairie Chicken is no longer considered an ...