Discover why Kansas prairie grasslands are vital, endangered, and how you can help protect this hidden natural treasure.

America features many bold and beautiful landscapes, but there's one memorable and majestic ecosystem that you can recreate in your own yard.

“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll only find it if you know where to look.

The Tallgrass Prairie Center has multiple plots of flowers and grass behind its facility, all in an attempt to grow plants to harvest seeds to create more restored prairies.

The roots of prairie plants such as switchgrass, big bluestem, and blazing star reach as much as twelve feet underground, where they tap deep stores of moisture to survive dry spells.

Big bluestem, the state grass of Illinois and one of the dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, may reach 7 to 8 feet high in late summer, culminating in a blueish three-pronged head ...

The roots of prairie plants such as switchgrass, big bluestem, and blazing star reach as much as twelve feet underground, where they tap deep stores of moisture to survive dry spells.

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster. A new book documents the destruction of this natural wonder and introduces ...

The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster. 'Sea of Grass' documents destruction of prairie and the people trying to ...