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

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

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.

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

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

There used to be millions of prairie chickens roaming the prairies of Colorado and a few other states. Now there are about 30,000.

One of North America's most endangered birds is gaining ground in Texas. More than 500 acres of critical habitat have been added to the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado ...

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.

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 ...