Albedo changes and carbon storage are tracked to identify optimal locations for tree planting as a climate solution, but ...

The Trump administration has slashed more than 10 percent of the agency’s workforce, with more layoffs expected.

The dapper black and yellow bobolink likes the Chicago area so much he flies here every spring from South America—a journey ...

Nation’s grassland birds, found in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are currently ...

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 ...

Tucked away in the southwestern corner of Missouri near the tiny town of Mindenmines, this sprawling 3,500-acre preserve of ...

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 ...