An Earth Day volunteer event at Orland Grasslands in Orland Park will showcase the area’s native landscape, human impact.

“More than half of bird species that depend on grasslands for breeding habitat are in steep decline,” concluded the recent State of the Birds report. Nationally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Learn more. PARIS — Join Ag Allies Manager Laura Suomi-Lecker in Paris on Thursday, April 10, from 4-5 p.m. for ‘Grassland Habitat: Helping Birds & Other Wildlife,’ a presentation about ...

The Grassland Bird Trust was founded in 2010 to protect critical and vanishing grassland habitat for endangered, threatened, and rapidly declining grassland birds. Their Alfred Z. Solomon ...

For grassland birds, which are losing 1 million to 2 million acres of habitat annually in the Great Plains, the study highlights solutions such as improved grazing practices for cattle and sheep ...

Similarly, dozens of wild flowers that for centuries have been an integral component of semi-natural grassland habitats are eliminated by intensification, with butterflies suffering the consequences.

Wendy Dorman, the recipient of the prestigious three-year research grant, plans to map grassland habitats across Illinois — where 99% of the prairies have vanished. Her goals include finding out ...

The new Heart of Africa zone, spanning more than 22.5 acres, has been designed to recreate a variety of grassland habitats found across central Africa. Taking centre stage in the new area is a ...

About five minutes later, it flew in front of me," she added. The song of a cuckoo resembles its name 'cuck-oo' and can often be heard in woodland and grassland habitats. READ MORE: 5 of the best ...

“The scrub that’s been planted beside the woodland and grassland is going to make a natural transitional zone between the two habitats, so it’ll be easier for wildlife to move aroun ...

India boasts an extraordinary range of wildlife, but many species are facing the plight of being vulnerable and threatened due to habitat destruction, poaching, and climate change. This mountain ...