To build their database, called RELIX, the team gathered and centralized existing data from studies of small patches of ...

Karen Horn found state and federally endangered leafy prairie clover while doing volunteer work on Langham Island.

What’s in a prairie? More than meets the eye, say Illinois plant ecologists Jeffrey Matthews and Jack Zinnen. Midwest ...

Now, about eight of these gently scented plants are starting to bloom in a wet depression in the front yard. As July progresses, the many tiny blooms — each with four petals and fuzzy stamens — will ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

As part of our 50 States, 50 Fixes series, more than 2,400 Times readers wrote in to tell us about climate action in their ...

And what was growing there was an astonishing variety of prairie grasses and flowers, many rare and native to Illinois. Weston Cemetery, it turned out, was mostly virgin prairie, the last remnant ...

Take a look at the beautiful gardens in Alton this Friday ...

There's an effort to transition degraded land back to tallgrass prairies. But how do these transitions affect the overall health of the land?

No-till and cover crops are among the best ways to counter topsoil erosion, but Trump administration may reduce federal ...

Some Native Americans traditionally bestow bald eagle feathers at ceremonies to mark achievements, such as graduations, and as a form of reverence for ...