OACOMA, S.D. — When it comes to maintaining grasslands in South Dakota, cost is a major decision maker. Across the state, grasslands have been converted into farmland to bring in maximum profit. “It ...

Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...

Native grasslands' biodiversity and need for conservation are explored in this video. This video explores the distinction between common pastures and native grasslands, focusing on the rich ...

Too often, one ecosystem is overlooked in value and complexity in the workings of our planet. The images of a leveled forest or polluted waterway resonate much more strongly than the increasing ...

Grass, clover and herbs are the foundation of Swiss agriculture: Two-thirds of Switzerland's agricultural land is grassland, much of which is barely suitable for arable farming. Vast areas of ...

There’s a lot to love about grasslands — the sound of the wind blowing through them, the way the colors change with the seasons, how the sun lights up the valley, and the flowers that bloom in the ...

In North America’s spring, a bubbly song burbles up from some grassy meadows, the song of the breeding male bobolink. It is a “bubbling, jangling warble with short notes on widely different pitches; ...

The melodic song of the meadowlark is seldom heard in North Dakota these days. The state's official bird is in decline because of habitat loss. The same fate has befallen the iconic monarch butterfly ...

The grassland birds that bring sweet song to North America’s prairie are in decline, with habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threatening what’s left of a once-vast ecosystem. Over half ...

With the loss of grasslands, so, too, go the plants and animals that call those lands home. Over half the grassland bird population has been lost since 1970, more than any other type of bird. Some ...

This May, Denver saw more than 4 inches of rain, doubling the city's historic average and outpacing famously rainy places like Seattle. While the additional moisture has painted the Front Range a lush ...