The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which ...

From the savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa to the prairies of the Northern Great Plains and cool temperate steppes, about 40 percent of the Earth’s landmass is covered with grasses. These grasslands host ...

The Great Plains prairie needs fire to survive. These ranchers are bringing it back. Regular fires are essential for protecting what remains of the grasslands from a stealthy invader: trees.

Settlers came from countries and regions without vast grasslands. They valued trees over prairies and planted them at sometimes mind-bogglingly large scales. Trees blocked wind, provided wood for ...

An eastern red cedar catches fire. Controlled fires, such as this one on grassland managed by Kansas State University scientists, are needed to save prairies from becoming woodland and shrubland.

Grassland Bird Species to Know. W hen you think of the historic Great Plains, you probably imagine vast herds of bison grazing across the prairie. While this image is certainly accurate, those ...

Once upon a time, not a blade of grass could be found on this planet we call home. There were no verdant meadows, no golden prairies, no sunbaked savannas, and certainly no lawns. Only in the past ...

A botanist, dubbed the Prairie Preacher, fights to save America's endangered grasslands. "The Prairie Preacher" follows Dr. Dwayne Estes, a botanist who earned his nickname for his passionate ...

Fires cause prairie plants to flower at the same time, ... Jan. 6, 2023 — This study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, ...

Grasslands are also up against the widespread misconception that trees and forests are the only sources for carbon sequestration ... And the prairies aren’t meant to have trees,” he added.

- The plants that make up the Piedmont Prairie the Piedmont Savannah, are what are called heliophilic, so their sun loving, and once they start to get shaded out, they decline.

At the Nachusa Grasslands, there are more than 4,000 acres of restored tallgrass prairie — and one herd of bison. "Grazing is something, especially from bison, that's been absent from this state ...