This map from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the shrinking range of the North American grassland biome. Thanks to agricultural conversion, invasive species, and climate change, grasslands ...

A new book traces how the American prairie was nearly destroyed and why its return is so necessary for our future.

According to Davidson, this research and the maps they have generated ... conservation efforts like the Central Grasslands Roadmap and The North American Grasslands Conservation Act.

POTTER, Neb. — 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 ...

North America’s grasslands consist of tallgrass, mixed grass and shortgrass prairie. Through expansion, 70 percent of our native grasslands have been converted to crops and pasture. Wildlife has ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new paper in the journal Nature led by faculty at Colorado State University. The findings show that ...

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 ...

Most of North America’s Grasslands have been lost to development. North America’s grasslands consist of tallgrass, mixed grass and shortgrass prairie. Through expansion, 70 percent of our ...

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 ...