Grassland butterflies occupy some of the most dynamic and species-rich habitats in temperate landscapes, yet their populations have declined sharply under intensified land use, habitat conversion and ...

Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that less intensively managed British grazed grasslands have on average 50% more plant species and better soil health than intensively managed grassland ...

New research asks how local and regional factors determine the makeup of plant species in grasslands. Researchers from a restoration ecology lab are attempting to solve a longstanding question in ...

Grasslands go by many different names and are made up of two main types: tropical — also known as savannas — and temperate. The two types appear similar, but have different kinds of soil and are ...

New research shows prairie dogs play an outsized role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who ...

Restoring abandoned grasslands by removing woody vegetation and resuming traditional land management practices has positive effects on biodiversity. “There is no place better suited to survey restored ...

Scientific research is a collaborative process. Sometimes that looks like a lot of small contributions from a whole lot of researchers. UC Santa Barbara’s Sedgwick Reserve was among 100 sites on six ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that enrollment in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP) started May 4 and continues through May 29.

Poisonous plants are encroaching on Asia's grasslands, but scientists have found that they could help save the ecosystem.

The initiative is being undertaken under the guidance of Amol Satpute, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Satara division ...

Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who consume plants return these nutrients to the soil, creating a nutrient cycle. In a new study published in Ecology, scientists from the Smithsonian’s ...