A bird native to the Houston area will be in the spotlight this fall as part of a relaunch of a long running wildlife TV show. ENDANGERED SPECIES: Attwater’s prairie chicken numbers ‘booming’ at ...
The call of a male Attwater's prairie chicken during mating season can sound like a mix of a foghorn and a cat howling, but it's music to the ears of Kirk Feuerbacher. Feuerbacher, working land ...
Bianca Sicich isn’t ready to let go of the prairie just yet. It’s the last Friday of February, the first green shoots of spring emerging from the overwintering tall grass, and she’s up early to ...
HOUSTON - Trudging through the tall grass still wet from 4 inches of weekend rain one day last month, Terry Rossignol and Rebekah Smith push toward a pen holding four Attwater's prairie chickens ready ...
The Attwater’s prairie-chicken is one of nature’s most fascinating and unusual birds, often compared to a rabbit because of its distinctive tufts and compact body. Native to the coastal grasslands of ...
TEXAS CITY - Brandon Crawford stopped his white SUV in the middle of a waterlogged, mosquito-filled prairie, and pointed what looked like a 1970s television antenna toward the horizon. A steady "ping, ...