Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in ...

These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's prairies and open grasslands in only a fraction ... listening posts near exits, so animals can safely keep tabs on the movements ...

A key to maintaining the sagebrush prairie where the sage-grouse ... reintroduce the black-footed ferret to Grasslands National Park by releasing 74 animals in 2009. Soon after, wild-born ferrets ...

and the American Prairie Reserve (APR) aims to understand how different grazing animals and grazing regimes, whether with cows or bison, impact the distribution and abundance of grassland birds in ...

If we fail to grant grassland places the same value ... and none replicate the full matrix of plant and animal life on original prairie sites. Protection of our remaining prairie is first and ...

"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 ...

Summers in the prairies are typically warm and humid ... Investigating the plants and animals of temperate grasslands. The temperate grasslands biome is located on a world map and the climate ...