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There has been a slight increase in the number of Attwater's prairie chickens in Texas City over the past few years as efforts continue to restore and protect the endangered species' habitat. The ...

Bianca Sicich isn’t ready to let go of the prairie just yet. It’s the last Friday of February, the first green shoots of spring emerging from the overwintering tall grass, and she’s up early to ...

HOUSTON - Trudging through the tall grass still wet from 4 inches of weekend rain one day last month, Terry Rossignol and Rebekah Smith push toward a pen holding four Attwater's prairie chickens ready ...

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and ...