At the Nachusa Grasslands, there are more than 4,000 acres of restored tallgrass prairie — and one herd of bison.

Since 2001, American Prairie — formerly known as American ... a bison expert who worked to return the animal to Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan for Parks Canada. Because bison can ...

where there is a large diversity of animals present, temperate grasslands are generally dominated by just a few species of herbivores such as bison, rabbits, deer, antelope, gophers, prairie dogs ...

Sea of Grass,” written by Dave Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, is due in bookstores ...

Many other animals are already gone ... It would include what's left of the state's native prairies, connected by ribbons of less bio-diverse grasslands and working pastures.

Prairie dogs: Keystone species of the grasslands The depletion of grasslands ... are often called "towns" because they support many animals in addition to their own species. Their vast underground ...

so do its birds and animals, such as pronghorn, which need ample open space to evade predators. Thankfully for those fauna, prairie dogs are “grassland engineers” who prevent the larger plants ...

The prairie chicken doesn’t have the historical prominence connecting it to the Plains that buffalo and pronghorn enjoy. It’s a less-visible animal that relies on the dwindling grasslands.

The Prairie Preacher: Preserving Appalachia’s Grasslands is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

For more than a decade, Iowans have gathered at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area at sunrise to watch the unique courtship dance of the prairie chicken, whose population in Iowa has ...