Grass tissue from a tallgrass prairie in Kansas shows nutrient levels in the plant falling as the plant grows from May through September. (Kaspari and Welti, 2024, CC BY-ND) Giant pandas are a ...

Reintroducing bison to tallgrass prairies can double biodiversity of native plants and increase drought resistance, a Kansas ...

As you create figures using the data provided, and answer questions throughout the exercise, keep the following three objectives in mind: Increase your understanding of ecological interactions and the ...

Ecologists and conservationists have come to understand that the work of people like Moddrell is vital to preserving what ...

The orchid is a unique insight into its nearly vanished ecosystem -- the tallgrass prairie -- as well as for understanding connectedness with pollinators and other plants, and is a good model ...

Reintroducing bison to tallgrass prairies can double biodiversity of native plants and increase drought resistance, a Kansas ...

Before Iowa became farmland, nearly 80% of the state was covered in tallgrass prairie ... suppressed invasive plants and cleared dense plant litter that could smother prairie grasses.

Indigenous people were moving plants around the landscape ... like Moddrell is vital to preserving what remains of the tallgrass prairie, in a region that has lost over 96% of its native habitat.