In late summer and fall, prairie grasses in Kansas’ Flint Hills can grow as high as eight feet tall. But right now, the grass is still short and wildflowers are the stars of the prairie. MANHATTAN – ...

Prairies used to cover a swath of America from Mexico to Canada. But not all prairies are the same. Different conditions dictate each prairie ecosystem, and thus what plants and animals exist in each ...

What remains of the stunning shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is at even more risk of die-off than previously thought, threatened by increasingly common extreme droughts. The same fate awaits ...

An article about our short native grasses lets me talk about two of my favorite things: Native plants and bison. Since I was very young, I have been fascinated by bison. They were a cornerstone of the ...

Prairies once extended in a broad, almost continuous band from southern Saskatchewan, Canada, into the Midwest and Central United States and southward to Texas and New Mexico. These vast grasslands ...

The sun sets over a field in Sterling, North Dakota, on June 6, 2016. Ranchers here carefully manage the timing and intensity of their grazing, paying close attention to grass and soil health. NINA ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster. A new book documents the destruction of this natural wonder and introduces some ...

Eastern Laramie County has no mountains, but it is not flat. We were looking for birds north of Hillsdale (a town name indicating the varied topography), walking across the shortgrass prairie on a ...