Fire and grazing are essential ecosystem tools for dealing with today's rangelands, a North Dakota State University rangeland expert says. "Fire was, and still is, a natural disturbance to our ...

Poisonous plants are encroaching on Asia's grasslands, but scientists have found that they could help save the ecosystem.

Results from a long-term field experiment shed new light on how grasslands can be restored for nature, the environment, and for farmers. From richer biodiversity and benefits for pollinators, to ...

India must bring grasslands into climate strategy—but carbon finance can work only with secure pastoral rights, credible methods, and strong public safeguards.

WELLS COUNTY, N.D. — Look across this landscape of rolling hills, lush grass and small wetlands, and it’s easy to see why North Dakota’s Missouri Coteau is considered one of the most important ...

Grasslands provide food for millions of grazing animals across the world, but overgrazing along with climate change make ...

Across Kenya, grasslands underpin people’s lives — as well as those of animals like elephants, giraffes, and hyenas. But the climate crisis is drying out these habitats, forcing people and animals to ...

For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according to a study of 32,000 butterflies by researchers in Sweden. The results provide important ...

The iconic western meadowlark, North Dakota’s state bird, is among the grassland birds listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Game and Fish Department’s draft revision of its State ...

DURHAM — For the last five years, University of New Hampshire researchers have been monitoring ecosystems to evaluate the impact of warmer and more variable winters. “Although we think of winter as ...