A number of insects, like Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies, rely on fields for flowers and food. In early spring, grass is one of the first things to turn green and bring back that feeling of new ...

Grass, clover and herbs are the foundation of Swiss agriculture: Two-thirds of Switzerland's agricultural land is grassland, much of which is barely suitable for arable farming. Vast areas of ...

Grass, clover and herbs are the foundation of Swiss agriculture: two- thirds of Switzerland’s agricultural land is grassland, much of which is barely suitable for arable farming. Vast areas of ...

European settlers likened the American prairie to a boundless “sea of grass.” If you zoom in to the perspective of the thousands of species that inhabit this under-appreciated landscape, however, it’s ...

A new national monitoring program provides, for the first time, area-representative knowledge of semi-natural grasslands in Norway. The results show that this habitat covers a larger area than ...

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A research team found that this method results in higher biodiversity and a higher ...