Prairie grass benefits aviation fuel. Lauren Quinn University of Illinois Jun 9, 2025 Jun 9, 2025; DoKyoung Lee is the senior author of both studies, and a professor in the department of crop sciences ...

Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois identify economic and environmental ...

There’s a place in southwestern Minnesota where the landscape suddenly shifts from familiar Midwestern farmland to something that looks like it was teleported from another region entirely. Blue Mounds ...

Blue Mounds State Park in Luverne stands as living proof that the Land of 10,000 Lakes still has the capacity to completely surprise you.

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, ... These large squirrels emerge from their burrows in daylight to forage and feed on grasses, roots, and seeds. They communicate with loud cries. A ...

They sent this badger rolling over the prairie of north-central Montana toward curlew nests — sometimes in silence and sometimes while playing recorded prairie dog barks. When the barks were played, ...

A fast-moving grass fire south of the Trans-Canada Highway near Road 72W kept fire crews from Austin and Carberry busy from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air.

OTTER CREEK MARSH will always offer a never ending challenge to wildlife biologists and managers. The trick is to work with ...