Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lesser prairie chicken, which has lost its endangered and threatened statuses, appears in a field in Oakley, Kansas. (Getty ...

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

On Feb. 26, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced the lesser prairie-chicken has officially been delisted from any endangered status. The red tape associated with protecting the lesser ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A stout grouse native to eastern New Mexico has lost its endangered species status. The lesser prairie chicken has gained and lost federal protections more than once as conservation groups, lawmakers, ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...