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 ...

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 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 ...

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, known for the males’ quirky courtship dance, inhabits grasslands sought-after by farming and energy developers. By Catrin Einhorn The Trump administration has moved to end ...

The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed the listing of the lesser prairie-chicken on the endangered and threatened species list under the Endangered Species Act on ...

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The decision by a Texas federal court removed the lesser prairie chicken of any endangered or threatened species protections, which were ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced a proposed “Threatened” listing of the lesser prairie chicken, and officials with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation say they ...

Impact of sampling from five states could affect wildlife management nationwide Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species.

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species. Difficult to distinguish by their physical appearance alone, some scientists have ...