U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

In the prairie grasslands of northwestern Oklahoma, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is in a fight for survival against development interests of energy industries.

Researchers at Oklahoma State University are looking into whether a rare and threatened beetle could provide new ways to preserve meat and fight bacteria.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to downlist the American burying beetle from “endangered” to “threatened.” KGOU's Katelyn Howard…

Blue catfish were introduced to local waterways decades ago for sport, but are now considered an invasive species.

Work on a $5.8 million bridge project has stopped after federal officials told an Oklahoma county that its construction method could harm a threatened…

An aerial survey shows good rains in parts of the five-state range of the federally threatened lesser prairie chicken have brought a 20 percent increase…

Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas will join Oklahoma in suing the federal government over the addition of the lesser prairie chicken to its list of…

Oklahoma politicians have been quick to respond to news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to list the lesser prairie chicken as…