Rare dancing grouse of the Southwest, lesser prairie chickens are known for the males' elaborate calls and showy displays of reddish-orange air sacs while they perform mating dances on “booming ...

The lowly dandelion (Taxaracum officinale) is another yellow weed carpeting our area now. However, ecologists are not raising the same alarm about dandelions because they are most troublesome in ...

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The decision by a Texas federal court removed the lesser prairie chicken of any endangered or threatened species protections, which were ...

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