Five fires burned across Stanislaus County on Thursday, officials said. A spokesperson at the Modesto Fire Department, Joe Spani, said to his knowledge no one was injured. Two of the fires sparked in ...

A drive through Niagara County’s rural areas in June offers waves of tall, wispy grasses swaying in the breeze. While there may seem to be open green spaces everywhere, environmentalists say ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) partnered with Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever (PF/QF), The Nature Conservancy, and local landowners to dedicate two new conservation areas on Wednesday, ...

In water-limited Colorado, can our grasslands tolerate solar panel technology? Research published by Matthew Surchio and Alan Knapp, Cornell University and Colorado State University, respectively, ...

A new long-term study from Hungary shows that seeding native plants can effectively reduce annual invasive species in ...

Grassland Bird Species to Know When you think of the historic Great Plains, you probably imagine vast herds of bison grazing across the prairie. While this image is certainly accurate, those bison ...

Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes ...

New research suggests long-billed curlews keep an ear out for warnings from prairie dogs in order to hide from predators and protect their nests ...

A vegetation fire broke out on Saturday near Bitterwater Road and Bitterwater Valley Road in Shandon, burning in grassland ...

Grasslands, covering more than 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface, are key ecosystems for global carbon storage, biodiversity ...

The placement of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands could help decrease water stress and increase plant growth by about 20 percent during dry years, a new study has found. In these semi-arid ...

When water is scarce, increases in grassland productivity are more valuable because there isn’t as much around. Therefore, ...