I drove across the Flint Hills and found myself unexpectedly awash in winter light. On Highway 177 in Chase County I passed ...

In fact, the Sunflower State is home to one of the world's last remaining tallgrass prairie: the Flint Hills. Located in eastern Kansas, the Flint Hills are practically all that remains of the ...

Additional ice accumulations around a light glaze. * WHERE...Portions of Central, South Central, and Southeast Kansas. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and ...

An orange and black species of butterfly native to the Kansas prairies is declining ... especially in areas "where you have ...

What better way to celebrate the 164th birthday of Kansas than learning about our state’s animals and plants? Saturday’s ...

From Kansas City International Airport, it’s a 72-mile trip west to Topeka, Kansas, and another 80 miles southwest to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. From Wichita International Airport, an ...

New wind installations aren’t allowed in about one-fifth of Kansas counties, in part to protect the nation’s last, largest swath of tallgrass prairie. Wind power can spark passionate reactions ...

Konza and the Geary County Convention and Visitors Bureau on Tuesday announced a partnership aimed at boosting tourism and promoting awareness of the natural environment of the tallgrass prairie.

The kinds of plants present in the habitat influence greatly the diet of this grasshopper. In the tallgrass prairie of eastern Kansas, three species serve as the chief host plants: western ragweed, ...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture is seeking feedback from Kansans for the 2025 Bluestem Pasture Survey to collect information on native tallgrass pasture use and practices.

Much of this relates to bipartisan, state-level decisions to protect a swath of eastern Kansas that includes the Flint Hills – the world’s largest remaining tallgrass prairie region.