An orange and black species of butterfly native to the Kansas prairies is declining ... "as long as the proper plants are ...

This week I would like to feature another Kansas and Missouri native. This plant is the prairie native Liatris. Or, by its common name Tall Gayfeather, Kansas Gayfeather, Blazing Star or Button ...

This week in my Plant of the Week feature I would like to focus on one of those local plants that can be found growing in the ditches and pastures in Kansas ... It is a prairie plant so will ...

Kansas leaders from both sides of the aisle stepped inside the $4 billion plant in De Soto to celebrate its imminent opening. One of the largest economic development projects in Kansas history ...

Two Kansas Republicans are leading an initiative to delist the lesser prairie chicken from the threatened and endangered species list. U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, recently led 14 of his ...

Working in Nebraska and Kansas during the intense droughts of the 1930 ... In summary, to accurately predict plant productivity in the tallgrass prairie, you must include information characterizing ...

Prairie dogs occupy an estimated 130,000 acres of rangeland in Kansas. This is about 1 percent of suitable habitat, leaving ample room for prairie dogs to increase in Kansas.

With a multimillion-dollar federal grant, University of Kansas researchers will ... because they’re all the same type of plant. But that’s less likely on the prairie, where different plants ...