May was a mere seven hours old and a veil of fog hugged the ground. But even in the dim early light, it was clear spring had fully sprung in the North Woods. This encounter occurred in Wisconsin, but ...

Spruce grouse use feather sounds during courtship and perform a complex mating dance where they swish their tails from side to side while walking and end the display with a simultaneous flick of the ...

You might say that, among upland birds, spruce grouse are a lot like Rodney Dangerfield, the comedian who never got any respect. Often referred to as “fool hens” because of their uncanny refusal to ...

DULUTH, Minn.-The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to trek across the north woods later this winter and count grouse poop in the snow, spruce grouse poop in ...

New Hampshire has two species of grouse. You’re probably familiar with the ruffed grouse; it lives in woodlands throughout the state. But there’s another grouse found in the Granite State that few ...

New Hampshire has two species of grouse. You’re probably familiar with the ruffed grouse; it lives in woodlands throughout the state. But there’s another grouse found in the Granite State that few ...

DULUTH, Minn.-The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to trek across the north woods later this winter and count grouse poop in the snow, spruce grouse poop in ...

The following story was written by the Associated Press: Genetic analysis at the state museum confirms what biologists squishing through Adirondack bogs already knew: New York's population of the ...

Every morning before dawn since late March, a small research crew has set out on foot through some of the most inhospitable terrain Beltrami Island State Forest has to offer. (Wes Bailey, Minnesota ...

ALBANY (AP) — Genetic analysis at the state museum confirms what biologists squishing through Adirondack bogs already knew: New York’s population of the spruce grouse, a chicken-like bird of the ...

ALBANY, N.Y.ALBANY, N.Y. — Genetic analysis at the state museum confirms what biologists squishing through Adirondack bogs already knew: New York’s population of the spruce grouse, a chicken-like bird ...

Study will track population dynamics of little-known species to see if forest fragmentation and climate change are pushing them out of Minnesota. A male spruce grouse standing still, which they do ...