Grasslands cover nearly 40% of Earth's land surface and serve as important global reservoirs of biodiversity. They also provide a host of other benefits to people, termed ecosystem services ...

But the implications extend far beyond land loss, cultivating an even greater concern for native wildlife and the broader ecosystem. “Temperate grasslands are the most imperiled ecosystem on ...

With the arrival of European settlers, that all changed. As the grassland ecosystem was plowed and agricultural crops were planted, the bears were pushed from the open plains of the prairies to ...