and others theorize that the birds are a genetic throwback to old pre-settlement genetics of the species. “If you read the settler accounts, ruffed grouse was a much more docile, calmer bird ...

The loss of this already isolated "bi-state" sage grouse population would create a gap in the range of the species as a whole. It would ruin the integrity of unique Mono Basin ecosystems and rob the ...

The Biden administration on Thursday took steps to safeguard an iconic bird species of the Wester United States — but did so in only two out of the 10 states where such protections were ...

An undated photo of a male great western sage grouse. The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission decides to ...

Black grouse are red listed as a species of high conservation concern. The project will involve capturing the birds at night ...

The Government stated it has “no plans” to ban the sport, recognising the significant environmental, economic and ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it is reopening consideration of whether to list the bi-state sage grouse as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species ...

Long story short, I had to tell my cousin that his friend was correct: Sharptails and prairie chickens (or chickens) are two ...

When the two species mate, the result is a grouse that is neither a sharptail nor a prairie chicken, Roy says. “Hybrids look like something in between a prairie chicken and a sharp-tailed grouse ...

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided not to place the bird on the Endangered Species List. But in 2019, the government allowed drilling on nine million acres of crucial sage grouse habitat ...