Less than four percent of America's 140 million acres of prairies remain. STRONG CITY, Kan., July 11, 2010— -- In the days when pioneers drove their wagons west, tallgrass prairies covered over ...

In a region known for its hill and forests, vast tracts of prairie dot the Ozarks landscape. Flat acres of grassland, nearly devoid of trees, are found in Northwest Arkansas, northeast Oklahoma and ...

It’s been 30 years since bison were reintroduced to the Tallgrass Prairie, a once thriving ecosystem that had been dead for more than 100 years. Now, the bison population has grown to nearly 2000 and ...

The bluestem and other native prairie grasses are seen during sunset at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, Kan. A massive three-story stone barn at the Tallgrass Prairie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked ...

MANHATTAN – The Flint Hills make a visual statement that is unlike anyplace else: wide swaths of open prairie stretching over short, steep hills unbroken by trees and shrubs. In late summer and fall, ...

Three new trails have opened in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Cottonwood Falls in the middle of the Flint Hills near Lawrence, Kan. The trails range from 4 to 6 miles in length. The new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This dramatic black and white image of a bison was photographed by Mike Fuhr, state director of The Nature Conservancy – Oklahoma ...

On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight ...