Early European explorers found the Plains a very hostile environment, and the area was marked on early maps as the 'great American desert'. One American explorer, Major Stephen Long, declared ...

In raw numbers, Canada probably comes in second to the U.S. The same climatological regime that brings tornadoes to the southern Great Plains in early spring moves north through the year to ...

Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...

Part two in our series on the park takes us into the backcountry, where predator and prey form a delicate balance in a great ecosystem.

Night - Freezing rain with a 58% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 51 °F (10.6 °C) and a 22% chance of ...

Rattlesnake migration on the Great Plains of western Canada is a peculiar but illuminating case. A young Canadian biologist named Dennis Jørgensen, now employed by the World Wildlife Fund ...

On Thursday, at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Great Plains introduced the VT1100 Turbo-Max, announced an expanded lineup for its Terra-Max variable-intensity tool and enhanced ...

It is not just Montana. Other states on the Great Plains — once bastions of progressive prairie populism — have experienced stark partisan upheaval in their congressional delegations over the ...

The past abundance of bison on the Great ... plains bison exist in several areas where public land is abundant and relatively contiguous. Over time, grassland reserves could be assembled by purchasing ...

Much of the United States is experiencing notably dry conditions — driven by unusually persistent clear skies in the eastern ...

Accuweather's outlook for the region is for a warmer winter than normal in the Tri-State, though it should be noted that the ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 9 mph (6.4 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 65 °F (18.3 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 79 °F (26.1 °C). Winds variable at 8 to 10 mph ...