Discover why prairie birds are the hidden gems of the grasslands, as well as some of the best birding locations to spot them.

These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's ... posts near exits, so animals can safely keep tabs on the movements of predators outside. Prairie dogs spend a lot of time ...

The American cave lion ... But other, more plucky animals managed to hold on a bit longer. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a bird that dominated the North Atlantic during the ice age ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in ... Grasslands Roadmap and The North American Grasslands Conservation ...

The playful North American river otter is equally at home in the water and on land. It makes its home in a burrow near the water's edge, and can thrive in river, lake, swamp, or estuary ecosystems.

caballus, were brought back to North America, first in the Virgin Islands, and, in 1519, they were reintroduced on the continent, in modern-day Mexico, from where they radiated throughout the American ...

North American species like the Colorado ... where farmers use fewer pesticides. Many other American plants and animals, from Virginia silkweed to Louisiana crawfish, are wreaking havoc abroad.

Fifty years earlier, bison by the tens of millions had ranged across North ... American Bison Society in 1905, one of the nation's first environmental organizations, only a few hundred of the ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...