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 ...

“I mean, you're riding a horse across here and ever since I was a little kid, they fly off like a pheasant … it's pretty cool to see them.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates millions of ...

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.

A federally and state listed threatened species, the lesser-prairie chicken is found in small fragmented populations in the grasslands of southeast Colorado. Unfortunately, populations of this ...

A U.S. District judge on Aug. 12 ruled in favor of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service committed a “foundational error” when it declared the prairie-chicken ...

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, ...

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

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 Midwestern bird known for its unique appearance and impressive courtship dances is officially off the federal threatened ...