The stocky, dancing bird that populates prairies across five states lost its federal protections — not because its habitat or ...

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.

The refuge west of Houston just grew by its largest expansion in decades.

The Lesser Prairie Chicken is no longer considered a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Midwestern bird known for its unique appearance and impressive courtship dances is officially off the federal threatened and endangered species list. Groups opposed to the move have, ...