Drought, a warming climate and decades of firefighting policies that suppressed natural fires have turned many grasslands and ...

Montana may seem like a state that would be a snake’s playground, but in reality, there are only 10 snake species that call ...

Discover why Kansas prairie grasslands are vital, endangered, and how you can help protect this hidden natural treasure.

When it comes to snakes, Oregon is a state that has significantly fewer species than most other states. With just 15 species, ...

Glacial Ridge would become another example of the human capacity to transform landscapes, only this time it would be from ...

The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...

American bison, commonly known as buffalo, once thundered across the prairies of North America — until 1889, when they were almost driven to ...

“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before summer. Marcotty said the idea that grasslands are North America’s ...

For thousands of years, American bison and North American grasslands evolved together in a symbiotic relationship that shaped the vast prairie ecosystems stretching from Canada to Mexico. Before ...

The topic of how to manage grasslands — or more specifically, native prairie — came up in conversation recently. One of the participants suggested that all grazing animals should be removed, and just ...

You don’t have to be a biologist or range scientist to see how the land use of grasslands of North Dakota has changed. Ashlyn Herron, a University of North Dakota master’s in biology student ...

The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which are helping to restore the native flora and fauna of the Midwest.