Every spring, male sage grouse gather to strut their stuff in riveting mating rituals. Punctuating their displays with swishing, hooting and popping sounds, males bob their heads, fan their tail ...

Party-like dancing, strutting and squabbles for the attention of females is underway throughout the West this month, not just in taverns, but also in the grasslands and sagebrush landscapes. Prairie ...

Dusky grouse are effectively camouflaged and cryptic much of the year, but when it comes to the spring mating season, the males are bright and bold In the early 1800s, as the expedition led by Lewis ...

The ruffed grouse is a medium-sized game bird with a plump body and a short crest. Their height is around 18 inches. It spends its time foraging on the forest floor for seeds and insects—these birds ...

RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Minn.-Traffic noise isn't a problem, but a forest full of sounds competes for Gretchen Mehmel's ears on this crisp Monday morning.Pileated woodpeckers hammer away ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A strange drumming sound filled the pre-dawn dark on the rolling prairie at Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The sound, about 10 miles north of the city Tuesday, was coming ...

BISMARCK — There a four grouse species in North Dakota, and three of them — sage grouse, sharp-tailed grouse and greater prairie chickens — are in attendance on leks or dancing grounds this time of ...