These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's prairies and open grasslands in only a fraction of their former numbers. Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens ...

Prairie dogs serve as prey for predators like the endangered black-footed ferret, hawks and eagles; improve soil quality through aeration and organic matter; and create open grassland habitat by ...

Pioneer Bluffs will host an exclusive Prairie Talk focusing on the Grassland Conservation Series ... This event is free and open to the public. Homemade cookies and refreshments will be served.

When Minnesota pheasant hunters go afield starting Saturday, they will head to prairie country, where tall native grasses provide food and shelter for this fast-flying and fine-tasting bird.

"The Prairie Preacher" follows Dr. Dwayne Estes, a botanist who earned his nickname for his passionate advocacy of grassland conservation. Once a child who found solace in nature, Estes now ...

On this western rim of the great dish that holds grassland to the heart of the continent, the mix of altitude, climate and soil is just right to bring prairie flowers to a last hurrah before the ...

Among the treasures of the Grasslands is the diversity of wildlife that inhabit this shortgrass prairie environment ... though the Pawnee Buttes trail remains open year-round. Fossil remains of ...