The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic ...

As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which ...

Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed. A new study using radiocarbon-dated mud ...

She eventually achieved her goal, opening the Great Plains Black History Museum on Feb. 8, 1976. BILL BATSON, THE WORLD-HERALD By Susan Szalewski / World-Herald staff writer ...

A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change. How America’s Prairie Was Nearly Destroyed — And Why It Should Be Restored originally ...

Summary Plains All American is an American company dedicated entirely to the midstream business of oil and gas transportation. The company maintains a presence with its pipelines in Canada & the ...

The connection between elephants and North America runs deep. Proboscideans—the order including elephants, mammoths, and mastodons—actually evolved in North America before spreading to other ...

While not replacing in-situ conservation efforts, Great Plains elephant populations could provide genetic diversity and population security while simultaneously restoring ecological processes to North ...

Artpilot/Getty Images Tundra means rolling treeless plains. The average weather is frigid and dry winters with cold and moist summers. In North America, arctic tundra is found in northern Alaska ...