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 ...

Protecting these regions will also benefit North America's Central Grasslands and the many associated grassland species that flourished there centuries ago. Once rivaling Africa's Serengeti in ...

Today, however, the wild prairie is a shadow of its former self ... Prior to European settlement, North America’s Great Plains were home to enormous, thundering herds of bison.

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 ...

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 ...