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If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from ...
The Prairie Preacher,” a PBS Appalachia Virginia documentary produced in partnership with the Southeastern Grasslands ...
UND grad student Ashlyn Herron’s research employs the use of autonomous recording units, or ARUs, to record bird presence on ...
Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with ...
A generational ranch near Fir Mountain is now home to the first-ever Term Conservation Easement in Canada—a new kind of ...
A new book traces how the American prairie was nearly destroyed and why its return is so necessary for our future.
Long-billed curlews nesting in grasslands use prairie dog alarm calls to detect and respond to predators more quickly. When exposed to these calls, curlews adopt a cryptic posture at greater ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air ...
The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation had filed an appeal to the Public Service Commissions in an effort to stop approval of the ...
New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators. The curlews nest in grasslands, where prairie dogs also live. Experts say ...
When prairie dogs hear each other’s barks, they either stand alert or hide underground. A wild black-tailed prairie dog, which uses alarm calls to warn others about predators.
If you are out working, hiking, or birding this summer in grassland areas, keep your eye out for one of our most colourful ...