The lesser prairie chicken, known for the males’ quirky courtship dance, inhabits grasslands sought-after by farming and energy developers. By Catrin Einhorn The Trump administration has moved ...

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 ...

Greater prairie chickens gather in spring on leks, or breeding grounds, at Buena Vista Wildlife Area. The species is listed as threatened in Wisconsin.

Cattle and oil industry plaintiffs in Texas’ suit against lesser prairie-chicken protections asked a judge to rule in their ...

In a Wednesday filing before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Interior and the Fish and Wildlife ...

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 lesser prairie chicken was listed as endangered in New Mexico in 2022.

The Trump administration has moved to end federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a showy grouse with the misfortune of inhabiting southern and central grasslands long sought-after ...

But that would undo a long-standing interpretation of the landmark wildlife law and may make it harder for populations of imperiled owls, panthers, lynx and prairie chickens to survive.