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 ...

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.

"Instead, lesser prairie-chickens became officially delisted due to multiple court cases filed by industrial oil, big ...

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

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

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

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

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

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Ashland — In the remaining grasslands in Kansas lives the lesser prairie chicken, a stocky, quail-like bird that used to roam ...

Feb. 21—Conservation banker Wayne Walker is on a mission to preserve lesser prairie chicken habitat. Walker, the principal of Common Ground Capital LLC, said in this case, instead of trying to develop ...

A Midwestern bird known for its unique appearance and impressive courtship dances is officially off the federal threatened ...