American bison, commonly known as buffalo, once thundered across the prairies of North America — until 1889, when they were ...

A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.

This article is from The Conversation. In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren. But many wild animals have evolved through harsh winters on these open ...

Tallgrass prairies are in trouble across North America. Travelers across the continent once called the region, which used to cover more than 170 million acres, a “sea of grass” .

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

Once upon a time, vast expanses of North America were covered in wild prairie, shimmering oceans of grass festooned with wildflowers and teeming with animal life. Today, less than 15% of tallgrass ...

The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic ...

North America’s prairies once were home to millions of wild animals. Today, most of that land is farmed or developed, but some grasslands have never been plowed and could be rewilded.