Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in ...

Rolling hills of grass and wildflowers once blanketed swaths of the state's western edge. Periodic fires set by Native ...

First Day Hikes should count on the second day of the new year, too, at least I count them. Here's to hiking three sites in ...

They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.

Dec. 9, 2024 — Fences are an effective stationary method of corralling livestock, but their sharp borders can create sudden changes in native grassland vegetation and the pollinators and birds ...

Shortly after George Floyd was murdered blocks from her home in Minneapolis, Mihesha Gibbs-Lumpkins decided to return to ...

Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.