Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 21—Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the highlights of the fall season for Maine bird hunters. Ruffed ...

A spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis) sits quietly among moss-covered branches, its beautifully patterned plumage providing ...

A male spruce grouse standing still, which they do often. The Minnesota DNR is collecting spruce grouse tail feathers from hunters this fall as part of a genetic study to see if grouse populations are ...

ALBANY -- Genetic analysis at the state museum confirms what biologists squishing through Adirondack bogs already knew: New York's population of the spruce grouse, a chickenlike bird of the boreal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spruce grouse are among my favorite birds. I know this is silly, but I have actually formed long-term relationships with a few of them. Two males annually set up adjacent territories along one of my ...

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 ...

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 hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests are being asked to voluntarily submit feather samples for a genetics research project. The project is being conducted by the Minnesota ...

Sep. 21—Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the highlights of the fall season for Maine bird hunters. Ruffed grouse, which in Maine are often referred to as partridge, can be ...