More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is changing how wild grasses grow in Kansas, and lowering their nutritional value to insects. That could upset the balance of life on the prairie. MANHATTAN, ...

Grasshopper populations, like those of many other insects, are declining. My colleagues and I identified a new possible culprit: The plants grasshoppers rely on for food are becoming less nutritious ...

Grasshopper populations, like those of many other insects, are declining. My colleagues and I identified a new possible culprit: The plants grasshoppers rely on for food are becoming less nutritious ...

BURLINGAME — Without dung beetles, rancher Jamin Horton would be up, um, an unpleasant creek. These efficient manure wranglers break down the huge patties produced by the hulking livestock that wander ...

Several attributes, including fluctuating population densities, poor dispersal abilities, and patchy distributions, make prairie-restricted insects especially susceptible to the high extinction rates ...

Dakota skipper butterflies used to flutter above the tall grasses of the Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie in abundance, drinking from the many yellow coneflowers. At that time, the small butterflies with ...

At one time, Missouri had approximately 15 million acres of prairie, which have have some of the richest soils on Earth and are important habitat for wildlife. A parcel of land southeast of Bolivar, ...

She’s also looking to build off the Dayton prairie research of her undergrads, uncovering even more about local insects and their role in the ecosystem. As she sat in her office, she paused from ...

The hot, muggy dog days of early August is the time to visit prairies. Flowering is at its peak, and these relicts of our diverse botanical past can be stunning. One of my favorite Ohio prairies is ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Each spring, amid the decaying rubble of dead prairie plants, emerging male gall wasps find mates by calling upon the chemistry prowess of their predecessors, entomologists scouring ...