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.

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 ...

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finalized removal of the Northern and Southern Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of lesser prairie-chicken from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) list.

Can private ecosystem markets protect the lesser prairie-chicken’s habitat when federal regulation has either failed or may be overturned? That’s the question that the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner ...

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

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 ...

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

Two conservation groups have pushed back on an August court decision to overturn and remand the listing of the lesser prairie chicken on the U.S. endangered species list. Last month, a federal judge ...

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

The Less Prairie Chicken is no longer considered an endangered species after the Trump Administration removed protections in ...