Less than four percent of America's 140 million acres of prairies remain. STRONG CITY, Kan., July 11, 2010— -- In the days when pioneers drove their wagons west, tallgrass prairies covered over ...

In a region known for its hill and forests, vast tracts of prairie dot the Ozarks landscape. Flat acres of grassland, nearly devoid of trees, are found in Northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma and ...

This dramatic black and white image of a bison was photographed by Mike Fuhr, state director of The Nature Conservancy – Oklahoma Chapter. The bison was grazing on the Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie ...

It’s been 30 years since bison were reintroduced to the Tallgrass Prairie, a once thriving ecosystem that had been dead for more than 100 years. Now, the bison population has grown to nearly 2000 and ...

On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight ...

“Grassland Mini-Golf,” which opened over the weekend, invites guests to discover the rich ecology of the tallgrass prairie ...

1. Ecological restoration is critical for mitigating habitat loss and providing ecosystem services. However, restorations often have lower diversity than remnant, reference sites. Phylogenetic ...

FORT SMITH -- A Sebastian County golf course is converting some of its land back to a prairie habitat, creating a home for wildlife. Ben Geren Golf Course this year received the Arkansas Game and Fish ...

Kansas’ prairie grasslands are America’s forgotten treasure. They support a web of wildlife, from bison and prairie-chickens to tiny sparrows, making them ecological treasures few realize they have.