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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Late-season spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests are asked to voluntarily submit feather samples for the final year of a genetics research project being conducted by the ...

A team of biologists is collecting feathers from more than 7,000 leks spread across 11 western states and two Canadian provinces to gather genetic information. When extracted and analyzed, the DNA ...

We used instrumental neutron activation analysis to determine elemental composition of primary feathers 1 (P1), 9 (P9), and 10 (P10) of wild spruce grouse (Dendragapus canadensis) in Ontario. We ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – An ongoing study found that collisions with a relatively short section of barbed-wire fence killed dozens of sage grouse over a seven-month period, research that could affect a ...

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 ...

Of all the species of gallinaceous birds that occur in Minnesota, only sharp-tailed grouse, also called "sharptails," and ...

BRAINERD — It wasn’t what I was hoping to find as I wandered my property on a cold January day. Atop the snow lay a pile of feathers, grouse feathers to be exact. I knew the remains were that of Ruff, ...

ST. PAUL -- Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests can help with a genetics research project being conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in partnership with ...