Grasslands go by many names. In the U.S. Midwest, they're often called prairies. In South America, they're known as pampas. Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes, while African ...

Tall grasses can progress from lush green to brown as summer turns to fall, and eventually serve as fuel for wildfires.

Native grasslands' biodiversity and need for conservation are explored in this video. This video explores the distinction between common pastures and native grasslands, focusing on the rich ...

Temperate grasslands are savanna-like areas located on every continent except Antarctica. Learn about the animals and plants in this biome.

Temperate grasslands found in South Africa are called veldts. Plants in the Grassland: More than just grass! As you might expect, grasses are the predominant plant species growing in grasslands.

As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A research team found that this method results in higher biodiversity and a higher ...

Grasslands, on the other hand, are responding to climate change almost in real time, according to new research by the University of Michigan. Put another way, forests accumulate climate debt while ...

Denver saw more than 4 inches of rain, doubling the city's historic average and outpacing famously rainy places like Seattle.

Grasslands have supported human civilisation for millenniums. Breakfast porridge, our daily bread and the rice that sustains more than half of the world’s population are all bred from grasses ...

Southern grassland ecosystems, and nearly all the plants and animals they supported, are gone. There is hope of bringing some of them back to life.