Last Saturday morning, I was parked near a sage grouse lek along Yale/Kilgore Road, east of Dubois, by 5:30 a. m.

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 ...

A new policy adopted by the Bureau of Land Management would open up 71 million acres of land to oil and gas drilling, as well ...

DULUTH — The number of male ruffed grouse heard drumming in April and May as part of their spring mating ritual was up again this year in the Northland, signaling a continued higher population, but a ...

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 ...

A male grouse "drums" or beats its wings on its chest to attract a mate in spring. This year's drumming count across the ruffed grouse range in Minnesota was the highest since 1972, but a wet June may ...