NEWTON, Ill. (AP) — A program to boost Illinois’ declining population of greater prairie chickens is becoming an election-year issue, with some turning the bird into a feathered symbol of government ...

PYATTS, Ill. (AP) -- Forget the Man of La Mancha stuff, Jeff Walk's dream is entirely possible. Walk, a research scientist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, says it's possible for Pyramid ...

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 ...

The plan for a massive solar energy development in Portage County has caused conservationists to sound the alarm over the project's potential detrimental impacts to Wisconsin's threatened population ...

Impact of sampling from five states could affect wildlife management nationwide Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species.