Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

Those landing at Dayton International Airport next year will descend from the spacious skies into the fruited plains. Thanks to aviation director Terrence Slaybaugh’s groundbreaking prairie grass ...

The idea of burning grass to fuel your car or heat your home might seem a bit odd. But call grass a "biofuel" and suddenly it sounds plausible. Scientists are struggling to make biofuels cheap enough ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Your lawn may be green and lush but, according to a new study from Northern Illinois University, planting other kinds of grasses and plants may be more beneficial to the planet. A ...

March 11 (UPI) --There are 30 percent fewer grasshoppers living in a Kansas grassland preserve than there were 20 years ago, and new research suggests the herbivore's decline is a result of the ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 1, 2025. Click here for that audio. The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even ...

At the time of European settlement, tallgrass prairie was the iconic landscape in much of the Upper Midwest. Although its extent has been drastically reduced, intact prairie remnants exist, prairie ...

The endless sea of shoulder-high prairie grass that greeted settlers of Manitoba's Red River valley centuries ago is disappearing at an alarming rate and near extinction, a study has found. Less than ...