More than 90% of Alabama's native grassland habitat has been lost, according to Dwayne Estes, who founded the institute.

These changes represent a major shift in the ecosystem, one that, on a wide scale, could reverberate through the food web.

Grasslands are vast, open landscapes where grasses, sedges, and wildflowers dominate the terrain rather than trees. They ...

Learn how planting native grassland plants mimics historical landscapes and stores carbon. Grasslands are a surprising part of the North Carolina Piedmont’s ecological history. Learn how planting ...

The sun is the basis for photosynthesis, but not all plants thrive in strong sunlight. Strong sunlight constrains plant ...

Bison returns can spark recovery, but grasslands heal through soil seed, fire, movement, and shared stewardship measured in ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The Konza Prairie has unlocked some of the hidden secrets of grassland plants thanks to the help of bison, some cattle and K-State researchers. Kansas State University says ...

Courtney Flatt, NWPR/EarthFix On a hillside in southeastern Washington, bunch grasses ripple in the wind. A storm is forming off in the distance, and crickets chirp nearby. It’s here where botanist ...

Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...

A new national monitoring program provides, for the first time, area-representative knowledge of semi-natural grasslands in Norway. The results show that this habitat covers a larger area than ...

Since the first Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, grasslands have sustained humanity and thousands of other species. But today, those grasslands are shifting beneath our feet.

Plants are responding in unexpected ways to increased carbon dioxide in the air, according to a 20-year study. Plants are responding in unexpected ways to increased carbon dioxide in the air, ...