Living alongside these substantial mammals were flocks of grassland or prairie birds. About 40 species of North American birds are considered grassland specialists, but unfortunately, many ...

More than 22,000 people had been chased out of the Red River Valley, turning some 20 southern Manitoba communities ... it continued to spread out across the prairie. "It came in through a natural ...

The rare dancing grouse of the Southwest, called the lesser prairie chicken, is known for the males' elaborate calls and showy displays of reddish-orange air sacs while they perform mating dances on ...

Females have shorter pinnaes. HABITAT: Lesser prairie chickens occupy two primary ecosystem types: shinnery oak and sand sagebrush grasslands. These birds require large parcels of intact native ...