As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

Barbed wire is a critical innovation that shaped the High Plains. Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer takes a look at its origins.

When I think about nature, I’m picturing hillsides and meadows free of straight lines, squares, and cubes. Look at any ...

This spring marks the 90th anniversary of the federal agency that was born out of that ecological disaster, what’s now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Yet after nine decades, the ...

But the rollback of clean energy tax credits will also aid the fossil-fuel industry. Fewer electric cars on the road mean ...

At these luxury glamping spots, guests can take in views of iconic American landscapes, from red rock mesas to the misty ...

With a vast landscape of land across the High Plains, it presents an opportunity for companies to develop renewable energy ...

The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which ...

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.

If you ever have walked across a Nebraska prairie and noticed small dirt mounds dotting the landscape, heads popping from ...

Tobin Heath might know something about what makes soccer resonate within the U.S. Her resume, in part: She won NCAA titles in ...

When you picture Colorado, you likely imagine majestic, towering mountains. Although the mountains are abundant, a large ...