In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...

With how bad progression and exploration have been the last few years, it's pretty clear that Caves and Cliffs Ruined ...

An Earth Day volunteer event at Orland Grasslands in Orland Park will showcase the area’s native landscape, human impact.

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much ...

Prairie and savanna prescribed fires can be good trouble if they’re carefully timed and controlled. Their purpose is to help ...

The fungi can’t survive without carbon, and the plants produce plenty of carbon through photosynthesis. The plants need water ...

Nestled in the southwestern corner of Missouri near the tiny hamlet of Mindenmines, this expansive preserve protects one of the last remaining stretches of tallgrass prairie—an ecosystem that once ...

There are many other old-growth forests across the continent. Each of these forests has a unique ecology, but all are under ...

With a visual symphony of flora supporting a rich abundance of wildlife, prairies have played an integral role in the lives ...

Stony Brook University’s Dr. Patricia Wright was introduced to an amazing parcel of land in southeastern Madagascar.

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these ...