A sweeping look at the vanishing American prairie and two crime novels set in Minnesota are this week’s offerings to our readers.

Discover why prairie birds are the hidden gems of the grasslands, as well as some of the best birding locations to spot them.

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the ... scientist Woody Elliott examines native grasses in a rare and pristine patch of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Prairie Grass Park is getting a makeover on Friday, May 2, for Arbor Day! This year marks the 48 consecutive year that Colorado Springs has been designated Tree City USA ...

Some 300,000 Danes came to the United States between 1870 and 1930 ... settling in Western Iowa found enormous swaths of tall grass prairie. Stewarded by Native Americans for thousands of years ...

In fact, inspiration lies all around Grand Island — Nebraska’s native mixed-grass prairies. Urban prairies and prairie installations are becoming increasingly common in commercial landscapes ...

like prairie grasses and wildflowers, to the local ecosystem. “It’s about letting the biodiversity of the environment dominate,” Weinberg junior and Prairie Cats Vice President Simon Kissel ...

A pocket prairie is a small garden in a landscape that includes native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Folks in a suburban or urban setting can have a natural area in their yard while providing ...

I’ve heard great horned owls calling at night from the trees around it, have watched deer delicately pick their way through the grasses and sandhill cranes make their weird, almost dial-up sound as ...

THE PRAIRIE GRASS, GRASS ALONG THE WALLS, REPRESENTATIVES OF CARTER LAKE WERE HONORED WITH NATIVE BLANKETS. THE 600 MACHINES ALREADY INSTALLED WILL GET SOME COMPANY SOON WITH THE ADDITION OF LIVE ...

A healthy prairie isn’t an uninterrupted sea of grass; it’s made up of grass and shrubs, wetlands and wildflowers and even large patches of bare dirt that allow prairie dogs — and other ...