The best bet to save the imperiled species may be a system that pays farmers and ranchers to protect its grassland home.

Ninety years ago, the Black Sunday dust storm blasted the Great Plains with millions of tons of topsoil scoured from the once ...

Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains' prairie pothole region have taken a toll. Among all waterfowl, numbers are down 20% since 2014 ...

Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains’ prairie pothole region have ...

Author and natural history educator Cindy Crosby will discuss how the tallgrass prairie, Illinois’ original garden, has been shaped by bison during a presentation at 7 p.m. April 1. The event is ...