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 ...

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 ...

The Prairie Preacher,” a PBS Appalachia Virginia documentary produced in partnership with the Southeastern Grasslands ...

A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.

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 ...

When you picture Colorado, you likely imagine majestic, towering mountains. Although the mountains are abundant, a large ...

Imagine a landscape, where grasses sway in the wind, where wildflowers bloom from the first days of spring until the falling leaves of autumn. During the day butterflies paint the skies, and bird ...

If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from ...

Those predators will also snack on grassland nesting birds like the long-billed curlew. To protect themselves, the curlews eavesdrop on the alarms coming from prairie dog colonies ... a surge of new ...

Tall grasses can progress from lush green to brown as summer turns to fall, and eventually serve as fuel for wildfires.