Bison carry seed across thousands of miles when they eat the grass, and then they move the seed up to other parts of the ...

A late-morning mist drifting over a herd of shaggy buffalo ambling across a quiet prairie in northwest Indiana creates an iconic scene harkening back to before Indiana became a state in 1816. But this ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Bringing native prairie back to the Quad Cities — that's the goal of River Action's new "Getting Back To Our Roots" project that kicked off on Thursday. The project aims to restore ...

Why the plains bison remains central to Nebraska’s frontier history, reflecting Native lifeways, prairie ecology, and the ...

Kansas did not pick the plains bison as one of its state animals just because it looked cool on a flag; lawmakers chose to ...

"Each site will apply the same principles." Volunteers launch ambitious effort to transform once-barren US landscape: 'Will ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — A pair of Minneapolis paper makers is showing off a unique way to tend to gardens and, in turn, the earth. Anna Haglin's front yard is filled with Rattlesnake Masters and ...

Two hundred years ago, nearly two-thirds of Illinois was covered in prairie. Today, less than 0.01% of that prairie land remains. The rest has been lost to agricultural development, urbanization and ...

Volunteers gathered Saturday to plant 1,000 prairie violets as part of an ambitious prairie restoration project at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in rural Spicer, Minnesota. Eva Martens, ...

DECORAH, IOWA—One hot sunny May morning, senior Josie Meyer and a few friends were out on Luther College’s Jewell Prairie with a truck full of seedlings and a water tank. It was the last stage of ...

In this project, the student will work in Calvin’s greenhouses, tree nursery, and at sites on and off campus investigating the re-introduction of native plants and native habitats into urban areas.