Counting chickens: A listening tour for the Lesser

A full hour before the April sun comes up, Biologist Kendall Van Zanten is driving the sometimes-bumpy gravel roads of Beaver ...
The New York Times

Trump Officials Ask Court to End Protections for a Strutting, Showy Bird

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 to end ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Last dance for the lesser prairie chicken? Endangered species listing is vacated

A U.S. District Court in Texas has vacated a decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened and endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. It was a winding path to get such ...
KSAT

Trump administration ends protections for rare dancing prairie bird

FILE - A lesser prairie chicken is seen amid the bird's annual mating ritual near Milnesand, N.M., on April 8, 2021. (Adrian Hedden/Carlsbad Current Argus via AP, File) (Adrian Hedden) FORT COLLINS, ...
Science Friday

Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status

The lesser prairie chicken was granted endangered species status in 2023. Now the Department of the Interior is moving to revoke those protections. What can this bird known for its flamboyant ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Strips Lesser Prairie Chicken of Endangered Species Protections

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from the imperiled lesser prairie chicken. The decision eliminates the birds’ ...