Have you ever taken a wrong turn on a road trip and ended up hundreds of miles from home, eating mole crabs on a strange beach? No, it's not the plot of "The Hangover Part IV." It seems to be what ...

Research conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determine that the mountain plover does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act. On May ...

KARVAL, Colo. — Russell Davis has spent his whole life working on his family’s ranch in Lincoln County, so when he saw a stranger’s vehicle parked on his property back in 2001, he said he knew he had ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening public comment on its proposal to list the mountain plover, a grassland bird of the mountain West, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

KARVAL, Colo. — Dozens of bird watchers will travel to a tiny Colorado town this month to spot a super rare bird. The Mountain Plover Festival is back from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28.

KARVAL- As he rides past the vast open plains near Karval, farmer and rancher Jeff Thornton knows he's not alone. "They've learned to work with us, and we just work around them also," he said.

Recent bird sightings as reported to the Mass Audubon: The unequivocal rarity of last week was the continued presence of a mountain plover on Long Beach in Centerville that was enjoyed and ...

Three mountain plover eggs in a typical ground nest in a Kimball County field. Farmers steer their tractors around the fragile nests scratched into the dirt. Lacey Clarke scans a Kimball County field ...

Mountain plover, aka prairie ghosts, have co-parenting figured out. These mysterious birds live in shortgrass prairies and have a two-nest rule. The female splits her clutch between two nests, with ...