The sage grouse lives in the plains of Nevada and 10 other states. But as the West burns from wildfires and people encroach on undeveloped land, the sage grouse’s habitat is shrinking rapidly. So the ...

A quarter-century ago, a fight over the fate of a nocturnal bird came to symbolize the standoff between environmentalism and industry. In 1990, the federal government declared the northern spotted owl ...

Wyoming’s Red Desert, a large ecosystem spread through much of the state’s central and southwestern lands, appeared undisturbed on a warm mid-September day, just the way sage grouse like it. “This ...

Hiding somewhere in the sagebrush on a wide-open area were dozens of sage grouse. It was dark. So dark it seemed you can see nearly every star. “That’s the seven sisters, the little, little dipper, ...

As the Bureau of Land Management for the third time crafts a blueprint for protecting the iconic Western bird, the Biden administration could find itself in conflict not only with the oil industry and ...

There's good news for the West's imperiled greater sage grouse. New research suggests the bird has a better chance of survival when juniper trees are removed from its habitat. The chicken-sized sage ...

The sage grouse can’t catch a break. The bird with a riveting mating ritual and a 40-million-year lineage, which provided sustenance for Plains Indians and settlers all across the American West, has ...

Greater Sage Grouse male, one of the endangered/threatened bird species in the US,performing mating display on lek (breeding ground).© Nattapong Assalee/Shutterstock.com The greater sage grouse ...

The sage grouse, the iconic bird of the American West, is disconcertingly oafish—football-sized and thick-chested, outweighed only by turkeys among North American birds. Their brains are barely larger ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Interior Department said Tuesday it won’t propose federal protections for the greater sage grouse, a chicken-sized bird of the sagebrush that ranges from California to the ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Washington — When scientist Michael Schroeder was looking for a place to live in eastern Washington State, he chose to be within an hour and a half drive of seven species of grouse, ...