A rare prairie chicken shakes his butt all day to attract ladies

However, to score an invite to this event, you have to be an Attwater’s prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri). From ...

Why the lesser prairie chickens need Kansans’ support, and why we need each other

In recent springs, I’ve woken up long before dawn and walked out onto the Konza Native Tallgrass Prairie. I did this to watch ...
JD Supra

Protecting the Lesser Prairie-Chicken on Private Land in a Shifting Regulatory Environment

As they do every year, male lesser prairie-chickens gathered this Spring on the 48,000-acre Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas for their ritual mating dance to attract females. The Gardiner Ranch ...
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 ...