If you want to know what a great expanse of this country looked like before the cacophony of modern life took over, consider a trip to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. The Nature ...

Less than four percent of America's 140 million acres of prairies remain. STRONG CITY, Kan., July 11, 2010— -- In the days when pioneers drove their wagons west, tallgrass prairies covered over ...

CHASE COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) - It is a true slice of the Midwest. From the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to the small towns along the way, a visit to the Flint Hills of Kansas is a unique ...

Less than 4% of this ecosystem is still intact in North America. Here’s how you can appreciate it fully. Courtesy of Ginny Varraveto Remember that time we went to the prairie grasslands and there was ...

MANHATTAN – The Flint Hills make a visual statement that is unlike anyplace else: wide swaths of open prairie stretching over short, steep hills unbroken by trees and shrubs. In late summer and fall, ...

The largest portion of tallgrass prairie in the world is in danger. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service explains why the Flint Hills of Kansas is being overrun by trees and how it's ...

Kansas State University scientists are enlisting the help of artificial intelligence in the effort to conserve what’s left of North America’s shrinking grasslands. Zak Ratajczak, an assistant ...

In late summer and fall, prairie grasses in Kansas’ Flint Hills can grow as high as eight feet tall. But right now, the grass is still short and wildflowers are the stars of the prairie. MANHATTAN – ...

Wildflowers bloom on a grassland near Manhattan, the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Some trees can be seen in the distance. Keeping trees and shrubs at bay is part of prairie conservation. Kansas ...