wildlife

The state is investing in a declining ecosystem to benefit landowners and wildlife.

State keeps calling new emergency rules that allow unlimited fish catch, as dry-up continues

Bird watchers, animal lovers and even those interested in plants and insects are taking notice: there seems to be less of almost everything on the prairie. Why are so many wild things seemingly disappearing? Commentator Rex Buchanan shares his thoughts.

The plains spotted skunk is becoming harder to find in the central U.S. states it calls home. As federal officials consider the skunk for federal protections, researchers and environmentalists are hoping to learn more about the long understudied species.

Revealing answers from a novel approach combining bone studies with Native American art and stories, newspaper accounts and more

The lesser prairie chicken, known for its flamboyant courtship dances and bulging neck pouches, has lost a majority of its population in the grasslands and brush of southwestern Kansas. But Republican lawmakers have long fought against its habitat protections.

University of Illinois researchers analyzed traces of DNA in rivers and streams to learn how strips of trees near water — called riparian buffers — impact land species.

Much work remains to be done to create a system that supports preserving the grasslands.

The tallgrass prairie is mostly confined to the Kansas Flint Hills in eastern Kansas. But earlier this year, some of that grass - up to 5 feet tall - started sprouting further west, out in the Smoky Hills of central Kansas. What's going on here? Commentator Rex Buchanan explains.

The Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee Nations are suing Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials and a special prosecutor in an ongoing dispute over hunting and fishing licenses on tribal reservations.