Grand Teton National Park is testing an unusual solution to a serious wildlife problem: Robotic birds.

Ideally, looking for a mate should be a positive experience. But when you are a sage grouse, it can be hazardous—especially ...

Conservationists are constantly searching for innovative ways to give threatened species a fighting chance, and the latest breakthrough comes from ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a robo-grouse — and it could help save a fragile ecosystem in national parks across America. The decoys include realistic touches, such as feathers provided by ...

Spring is here, and that can only mean one thing: the return of robot birds. In Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, rangers and conservationists are once again deploying specially designed robotic ...

Officials hope lifelike decoys will lure sage-grouse away from a dangerous airport zone ...

How well can a robotic bird mimic a real one? That’s what Grand Teton National Park is trying to find out with mechanical sage grouse replicas built to influence the behaviors of real sage grouse, ...

"One of the challenges with restoration is that even when you create great habitat, wildlife doesn't always show up right ...

Usually, you think of bird decoys as being a tool to lure birds to an untimely encounter with a hunter. However, [Interesting ...

The greater sage-grouse is one of North America’s most iconic and most vulnerable birds. Known for their elaborate mating rituals, male sage grouse gather each spring on open grounds called “leks,” ...