Conservationists sought to defend federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken amid legal challenges filed by multiple states in its protected range, since the bird was listed as endangered ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered in some places and threatened in others, citing mistakes made in the ...

In a response to a move by the federal government to list the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is suggesting the state start a breeding program. The Associated ...

Renewable energy could hold the key to save the lesser prairie chicken from extinction in New Mexico and across the west, said conservationists. The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies ...

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species. Difficult to distinguish by their physical appearance alone, some scientists have ...