The lesser prairie chicken, known for its flamboyant courtship dances and bulging neck pouches, has lost a majority of its population in the grasslands and brush of southwestern Kansas. But Republican ...

Court ruling forces federal wildlife officials to drop bird protections that cattle groups said hurt ranching operations across five western states.

Cattle producers and landowners are celebrating after the lesser prairie-chicken was removed from the endangered species list, ending years of regulations put on agriculture.

After pecking away for years, the Trump administration Wednesday finally erased all remaining endangered species protections ...

A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected ...

Following a Texas court ruling, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted Endangered Species Act protections as appeals over ...

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. TOPEKA — The lesser prairie chicken, a dancing grouse that has long teetered between threatened and endangered ...

After multiple status changes over the past decade, the lesser prairie chicken's threatened and endangered designation was overturned.

A federal court has invalidated the Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken, citing procedural errors. The ruling reflects ongoing legal battles over species protection and ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from ...

As they do every year, male lesser prairie-chickens gathered this Spring on the 48,000-acre Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas for their ritual mating dance to attract females. The Gardiner Ranch ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday finalized a rule delisting two populations of the lesser prairie chicken under the ...