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 ...

Fire is both an instrument and a weapon in the hands of Anton Benson. The flame from his torch is an artificial substitute for the natural prairie fires once ignited by lightning strikes. A periodic ...

A wind-whipped grass fire spreading along dry prairie brought "complete blackout conditions" early Tuesday afternoon in an area one-quarter mile north of 182nd Road and east of US-75 highway, said ...

Prairies used to cover a swath of America from Mexico to Canada. But not all prairies are the same. Different conditions dictate each prairie ecosystem, and thus what plants and animals exist in each ...

While many people know a fact or two about native plants and the importance of them, few know just how deep the need for them really grows; but the Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native ...

The Dust Bowl was the result of four droughts occurring in quick succession, with the worst conditions occurring in 1930, 1934 and 1936. A major contributing factor to the Dust Bowl was poor farming ...

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 ...

I love the look of ornamental grasses, but prefer to plant natives in my yard. Do you have any suggestions for native grasses that will take the place of the usual nonnative types and still look good?

LINCOLN, Kan. (KCTV) - Several fire departments helped get a large grass fire under control on Tuesday afternoon. Jackson County (Kan.) sheriff Tim Morse stated that deputies issued an alert to ...