Early winter challenges wildlife, and ruffed grouse survive harsh months by shifting diets and relying on mature forests for ...

Male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo., in April of 2013. A U.S. judge who earlier ruled federal wildlife officials ...

BILLINGS, Mont. - The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved looking into a plan to send 80 female sage grouse to North Dakota to bolster dwindling populations.Reports say that the ...

Columnist Bill Danielson reflects on childhood gifts, early scientific inspirations, and unforgettable encounters with ruffed ...

Two males face off on the lek where they gather to court female grouse. (Photo courtesy of walkerphotography.smugmug.com) A female sharp-tailed grouse looks over prospective suitors. (Photo courtesy ...

Hybridization is relatively common in galliforms. In many cases, these hybrids are thought to arise through failures in species recognition, but there are no documented observations of this occurring ...

On a recent trip to Bogus Basin to escape the heat and check in on the still active mountain bird community, I was attacked by a ruffed grouse. I was driving slowly on the dirt road to Mores Mountain, ...

Perhaps the most scrutinized love life since Don Juan's is getting a closer look from a researcher who has married robotic technology to some feathery primping and thrown in a wireless video camera.

DULUTH — A warm and dry summer may not have been the best thing for your scorched-brown lawn, but it was probably great news for little ruffed grouse chicks and the people who like to hunt them when ...

A new study of greater sage-grouse north of Grand Junction confirmed overall impacts from energy development, but also found an unexpected seasonal affinity that the birds have for pipeline corridors ...