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If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from ...
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 ...
Wild black-tailed prairie dogs use alarm calls to warn one another of predators, and some grassland birds are listening in. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...
“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...
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 ...
A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.
If you are out working, hiking, or birding this summer in grassland areas, keep your eye out for one of our most colourful ...
The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which are helping to restore the native flora and fauna of the Midwest.
A generational ranch near Fir Mountain is now home to the first-ever Term Conservation Easement in Canada—a new kind of ...
WASHINGTON — 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.
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.