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.

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

Created in memory of Bill Perry, the new native plant garden at Rockford Public Library is a living classroom for sustainable ...

Every landscaper wants native plants now. But there aren’t enough native plants, and it’s causing project delays and budget ...

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

Need a break from the busy streets of Chicago? Venture south to a 20,000-acre prairie, offering miles of trails and a chance ...

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 ...

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 ...