Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

And temperate grasslands ... Prior to European settlement, North America’s Great Plains were home to enormous, thundering herds of bison. Wolves and grizzly bears thrived at the top of the ...

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 ...

Other types of grassland grasses include a much taller type called big bluestem, which grows with very deep roots in the wetter parts of North America. In the 1930s settlers ploughed the big ...

Researchers have identified priority areas for conserving the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States. Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new article. The findings show that differences in the dominant grasses and lower species diversity in the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Eurasian grasslands are more sensitive to drought than North American grasslands due to differences in dominant grass types and species diversity. Eurasian ...

Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many associated grassland species that flourished there centuries ago. Today, this ecosystem—stretching from ...