The 2026 count of greater prairie chickens tallied 273 in Wisconsin, similar to the five-year average but with 85% concentrated on one wildlife area.

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 ...

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Renowned mating dances and rituals of the lesser prairie chicken observed for hundreds of years could continue for decades to come as the federal government proposed new protections for the bird ...

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The lesser prairie chicken is threatened in its northern range, which includes Kansas and Oklahoma, and endangered in its southern range.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected after the Trump administration agreed with arguments ...

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The lesser prairie chicken is native to the Southern Great Plains, but it has lost 85% of its natural habitat due to changes in agriculture and invasive trees. As more of the lesser prairie chicken's ...

Discover prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in their native Wisconsin habitats. Join wildlife expert Robert S. Ellarson to explore prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in Wisconsin. See ...

The number of greater prairie chickens counted this spring in Wisconsin was very similar to the five-year average, but the threatened species continued to show concerning trends, according to the 2026 ...