POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he says, ...

Across Kenya, grasslands underpin people's lives—as well as those of animals like elephants, giraffes, and hyenas. But the climate crisis is drying out these habitats, forcing people and animals to ...

Too often, one ecosystem is overlooked in value and complexity in the workings of our planet. The images of a leveled forest or polluted waterway resonate much more strongly than the increasing ...

Burrowing mammals such as prairie dogs, pikas, ground squirrels and other fossorial species play a fundamental role in shaping grassland ecosystems through their digging and foraging activities. By ...

Natural landscapes are continually transformed to make room for agricultural and urban developments – often at the expense of important habitats and species. That’s why, to avoid unnecessary species ...

There may be a shift coming in how biologists protect Vermont’s grassland birds. Recent strategies to protect nests have ...

Calaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to fade away?

North America’s grassland birds are deeply in trouble 50 years after adoption of the Endangered Species Act, with numbers plunging as habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threaten what ...

POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the western South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he ...