Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered ...

Audubon of Kansas (AOK) is excited to announce the 5th annual Kansas Lek Treks Prairie-Chicken Festival, returning to Hays April 9–12. Each spring, Greater and Lesser Prairie-Chickens take center ...

For the next few weeks, a tallgrass prairie outside Goliad will host a dance party: That is, a male Attwater’s prairie ...

More than 100 birdwatchers from 29 states were in Hays this weekend for the fifth-annual Lek Treks Prairie Chicken Festival ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a male lesser prairie chicken in southeastern New Mexico. (AP File Photo) A court ruling taking the lesser prairie-chicken off ...

Crookston, Minn. - It’s still dark, and we wait, patiently, for the pageant to begin. Before long, the prairie in front of us will come alive with the sights and sounds of male prairie chickens.