Less than 4% of this ecosystem is still intact in North America. Here’s how you can appreciate it fully. Courtesy of Ginny Varraveto Remember that time we went to the prairie grasslands and there was ...

Just before dawn, I let myself in through one of the cattle gates in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, an hour's drive north of Wichita, Kan. These fences, maintained by the National Park ...

Less than four percent of America's 140 million acres of prairies remain. STRONG CITY, Kan., July 11, 2010— -- In the days when pioneers drove their wagons west, tallgrass prairies covered over ...

There’s big excitement in the Flint Hills over a new coin that pays homage to a stunning Kansas landmark. The U.S. Mint earlier this month released the 55th installment in its America the Beautiful ...

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run — with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in a tallgrass preserve in Kansas. We're going to take a quick ...

If you want to know what a great expanse of this country looked like before the cacophony of modern life took over, consider a trip to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. The Nature ...

MANHATTAN – The Flint Hills make a visual statement that is unlike anyplace else: wide swaths of open prairie stretching over short, steep hills unbroken by trees and shrubs. In late summer and fall, ...

From the courthouse steps to the tallgrass prairie, the Kansas Flint Hills have long inspired painters, writers and photographers. Now, they have inspired an internationally celebrated musical work ...

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run, with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. Just before ...

In late summer and fall, prairie grasses in Kansas’ Flint Hills can grow as high as eight feet tall. But right now, the grass is still short and wildflowers are the stars of the prairie. MANHATTAN – ...