The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...

My history instructor at College of DuPage had previously taught in California, but moved back to Illinois. As a 19-year-old ...

Two hours west of Chicago is the Nachusa Grasslands, replanted by the Nature Conservancy. Noel Brennan reports on the restored prairie and the animals that graze there.

The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which are helping to restore the native flora and fauna of the Midwest.

Montana may seem like a state that would be a snake’s playground, but in reality, there are only 10 snake species that call ...

Calling all amateur paleontologists! Explore the badlands of Nebraska and hunt for fossils at this remote destination inside Oglala National Grassland.

Richardson’s ground squirrels are native to North Dakota’s prairie lands, but they’ve thrived in the urban environment where ...

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species.

Once again in 2025, young people will be able to hunt deer with an adult in a number of Minnesota state parks during several application-only special youth deer hunts, the Department of Natural ...

New Jersey, known for its diverse ecosystems ranging from coastal marshes to dense forests, was once home to a variety of wildlife that no longer roams its ...