A federal judge ruled the Biden administration's decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened or endangered was unlawful. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and other plaintiffs, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark Gardiner stands atop the "high and lonesome" hill on Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas. He's put aside several thousand acres of his land as part of a conservation effort that helps the ...

One week ago, the sun rose on my hunting season. If the next few months follow suit, it’ll be magical. That first morning we trudged due east in northern Clay County through chest-high thistles and ...

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The decision by a Texas federal court removed the lesser prairie chicken of any endangered or threatened species protections, which were ...

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.

ASHLAND, Kansas — In the remaining grasslands in Kansas lives the lesser prairie chicken, a stocky, quail-like bird that used to roam the Great Plains. They once fed, nested, danced and mated in the ...