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 ...

The heart of the American Midwest was one of the most important ecological and cultural borderland areas in North America for Indigenous people in early American history, according to a University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked ...

The largest portion of tallgrass prairie in the world is in danger. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service explains why the Flint Hills of Kansas is being overrun by trees and how it's ...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. — Spring is here and new faces are popping up at The Nature Conservancy's Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Pawhuska. The first baby bison of the year was seen walking ...

Better Than You Found It is a guide to sustainable adventures for travelers who care. We’re highlighting tips and guides to help protect the world we share as we embark on our summer travel plans.

MANHATTAN – The Flint Hills make a visual statement that is unlike anyplace else: wide swaths of open prairie stretching over short, steep hills unbroken by trees and shrubs. In late summer and fall, ...

Just before dawn, I let myself in through one of the cattle gates in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, an hour's drive north of Wichita, Kan. These fences, maintained by the National Park ...

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.

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

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The heart of the American Midwest was one of the most important ecological and cultural borderland areas in North America for Indigenous people in early American history, according ...