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.

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 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Increased protections for the lesser prairie chicken were rejected by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday with the two Kansas Republicans ...

Private capital can help ranchers to build habitat for an endangered bird, improve their ranchland and earn added income. That approach is working to preserve habitat for lesser prairie-chicken. The ...

Providing habitat for lesser prairie-chicken works best when landowners have an incentive, according to members of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance. The recently announced alliance is ...

DEBATE THAT IS FOR THE BIRDS, REALLY. IT’S ABOUT A BIRD, AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE. THERE’S A LOT OF GROUSING ABOUT A CHANGE TAKING FLIGHT IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE AN ICON OF THE GREAT ...

Of the six native prairie grouse species in North America, three are extinct or endangered and three more are close behind, especially sage grouse. The lesser-prairie chicken in the southwestern Great ...