A lesser prairie chicken amid the bird's annual mating ritual on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Causey, New Mexico. Republican-led legislation could strip federal protections from a bird endangered in ...

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 ...

Willard Heck looked out over the prairie of eastern New Mexico and waited as dawn drew closer. Up over the sprawling farmlands came the sunrise, and it brought with it the sights and sounds of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republican-led legislation could strip federal protections from a bird endangered in the prairies of eastern New Mexico. The lesser prairie chicken, a grouse species native to New Mexico and other ...