The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

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 ...

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

A new stretch of border wall will soon be built through the San Rafael Valley, southeast Arizona's last major open space for cross-border wildlife migration, and a place where humans ...

Llamas are cute, but what makes them even better human companions is their gentleness and empathy. People from their native ...

New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators.

In this photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024, a long-billed curlew, bottom left, reacts to the "badgerinator," a simulated predator, during field research on prairie dog/long-billed ...

This shares 5 stories of hope from one of North America's largest remaining intact grasslands.

Grasslands dominate northern Tanzania’s Serengeti Plain. The first image shows withered grasslands during a drought. The second image shows the same area during a wetter year. Read more about these ...

Solar energy can help grasslands weather droughts in the semi-arid American West.