On a hilltop about 95 miles west of Chicago grow plant species that have been there for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The soil is sandy, so when the surrounding lowlands were used for ...

If you go to the Surrey Hills of northwest Tasmania, you'll see a temperate rainforest dominated by sprawling trees with genetic links going back millions of years. It's a forest type many consider to ...

In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren. But many wild animals have evolved through harsh winters on these open grasslands, foraging in the snow and sheltering ...

Walking gracefully across the vast African savanna, the African elephant is the largest land animal on Earth and one of the continent's most iconic wildlife species. These intelligent giants play a ...

Brazil’s Cerrado is among the world’s most biodiverse savannas, covering two million square kilometers (772,204 square miles), nearly a quarter of the country and half the size of Europe. Once thought ...

Witness large animals play out their lives in the grasslands. Grasslands are the great stages of the natural world where large animals play out spectacular lives in clear view of people. From the ...

South America's Los Llanos region spans hundreds of thousands of square kilometers across Colombia and Venezuela. While Colombia is equipped with towering mountains, pristine beaches and vast swathes ...

In the early 2000s, a harvest of pine trees on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau led to a remarkable discovery. Once sunlight hit the ground, the seeds and rootstock of native grasses and wildflowers ...

Too often, one ecosystem is overlooked in value and complexity in the workings of our planet. The images of a leveled forest or polluted waterway resonate much more strongly than the increasing ...