Grasslands are some of the most at-risk terrestrial environments, and North American populations of bison and prairie dogs ...

Trees and shrubs are invading prairies, hurting the wildlife and making it harder to ranch. Yet it's hard to know the full ...

In early September, high schoolers from North Valley Career and Technology Center waded through hip-high prairie with plastic ...

When picturing a healthy planet, a never-ending supply of trees might come to mind. But for South Dakota's beloved and ...

Nestled away from encroaching urbanization and expanding development, the sprawling grasslands at Lubbock Lake Landmark stand as a poignant reminder of the boundless beauty that once blanketed the ...

A town in southeastern Colorado hosts a yearly tarantula festival, attracting both tourists and scientists studying tarantula ...

Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who consume plants return these nutrients to the soil, creating a nutrient cycle. In a new study published in Ecology, scientists from the Smithsonian's ...

New research shows prairie dogs play an outsized role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Ann Batdorf, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is preparing to manage grassland habitat by conducting a fall prescribed burn ...

A town in southeastern Colorado hosts a yearly tarantula festival, attracting both tourists and scientists studying tarantula ...

The West Texas residence looks plucked from the pages of Architectural Digest — boasting high design inside and out.

Spry, red-coated calves with nubbins for horns frolicked around their burly mothers grazing contentedly in the sea of grass.