WRAY, Colo. — In the town of Wray on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, the greater prairie chicken is not just surviving — it’s dancing. Every spring, visitors from across the country travel to Wray to ...

This mating dance is more than just an annual ritual for the birds. Attwater’s prairie chickens are among the rarest birds in the Lonestar State and are highly-endangered. According to Nature ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s get one thing clear from the start: I am not a bird person. The only time in my life I can remember ever being intrigued by ...

The Wexford Ranches of South and West Texas have received a prestigious conservation award. The O’Connor family, who have ...

A Texas judge stripped away federal protections for a previously endangered species last week in what's being called by lawmakers a win for both ranchers and the energy industry who were previously ...

The greater prairie chicken’s courtship season, when the males launch loud and colorful displays to woo mates, attracts naturalists and bird watchers from around the world. Subscribe to read this ...

An endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken, native to the Texas Gulf Coast. Houston might not seem like the kind of place where a lot of wildlife used to thrive, or where wild grouse used to run free.

It’s pitch-black in Jasper County, Ill. — not yet 5 a.m. — and Bob Gillespie is running late. Gillespie, a wildlife biologist at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area near Newton, opens a gate with a do ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— In response to a 2016 petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the lesser prairie ...

A rare bird threatened by oil and gas development in the southeast New Mexico Permian Basin region was listed for the strongest federal protections available Thursday, according to an announcement ...