The male greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is the largest grouse species in North America and puts on one of the most spectacular mating rituals. Their range spans the Sagebrush Sea (an ...

Famous for their displays during the spring breeding season, sage grouse inhabit the steppes of the American west. Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, and they can look even bigger when they ...

The sage grouse lek in south central Wyoming had effectively died, though the older males remained undeterred. Females had long since stopped appearing. They likely decided the new compressor station ...

Federal land managers say they believe their new plan for the embattled greater sage-grouse will enhance conservation efforts ...

The Biden administration released its final proposal for protecting greater sage grouse on Friday. In an advance press release, the U.S. Department of the Interior said the proposals will balance sage ...

The numbers are bleak — both for the iconic Western bird and its sagebrush habitat. Can the Bureau of Land Management and state wildlife agencies reverse the trend? The imperiled greater sage grouse, ...

For the fourth year in a row, North Dakota will not hold a sage grouse hunting season in 2011. This was pretty much a certainty after State Game and Fish Department biologists counted a record low ...

An undated photo of a male great western sage grouse. The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission decides to postpone release of a sage grouse habitat maps for Grant County, following ...

North Dakota's sage grouse has been shrinking, and this spring they counted zero male birds on the state's two known leks. Eleven western states are home to greater sage grouse, the largest grouse in ...