The software giant makes a move that some considered inevitable and others considered a reversal of a longtime commitment not to compete with its software partners. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech ...

As the prairie landscape steadily vanishes, the root cause is often overshadowed by the spotlight on industrial practices, with experts pointing to agriculture and energy development as the primary ...

It was not always certain that bison could rebound. Once numbering in the tens of millions, they dominated the Great Plains landscape until the late 1800s, anchoring a remarkable ecosystem that ...

A reflection of the planet’s increasingly volatile climate and the enduring influence of industrial interests, North American grasslands find themselves at the epicenter of one of the most severe ...

Driving north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an extraordinary landscape comes into view. Trees disappear and an immense landscape of grass emerges, undulating in the wind like a great, green ocean. This is ...

Buried farm machinery in Dallas, South Dakota during the Dust Bowl in 1936. United States Department of Agriculture A new study shows dust storms have become more common and more severe on the Great ...

Douglas Bamforth is an archaeologist who works mainly on the Great Plains; he has also worked in the Colorado mountains, coastal California, the California desert, the Great Basin, Germany, and ...

Microsoft announced plans to purchase Great Plains Software for $1.1 bn. Great Plains is a developer of small to midsized business applications, including payroll, human resource, accounting, customer ...