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 ...

One outdoor event today gave people a chance to enjoy the outdoors while supporting the environment. The first-ever Loess ...

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 ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL (12/04/2006)—Highly diverse mixtures of native prairie plant species have emerged as a leader in the quest to identify the best source of biomass for producing sustainable, ...

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 ...

Some home gardeners are switching to fully native plant yards, and neighbors say the wild growth looks “unfinished” compared ...

Texas is a prairie state. There's also the Piney Woods of East Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert of far West Texas. But the western two-thirds of Texas is dominated by prairie, and North Texas is ...