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 ...

Now, about eight of these gently scented plants are starting to bloom in a wet depression in the front yard. As July ...

The prairie is an endangered and underrated ecosystem, and these parks offer a chance to spot wildlife like bison and prairie ...

My history instructor at College of DuPage had previously taught in California, but moved back to Illinois. As a 19-year-old ...

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 ...

These plants and more will be taking root in the next few years outside of the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton middle and high schools as part of a project to restore a prairie habitat at the site.

If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from burrows and sharp barking, you likely have wandered into a ...

The prairie is incredibly biodiverse, containing more than 400 species of vascular plants as well as 26 rare plants, 10 of which are listed as endangered or threatened.

A grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation helped local educators create a grassland prairie for students to learn about conservation at an Oakville elementary school.

Conservationists and cattle ranchers are working together to restore grassland for the lesser prairie chicken. The bird used to roam Kansas, but has lost most of its habitat to crop production.