Minnesota Zoo butterfly conservation biologist Erik Runquist runs after a Dakota skipper on a native prairie near Moorhead, Minn., on June 28. He's part of a team working to save the threatened ...

One of the last slivers of remaining prairie in Minnesota will grow a little larger. Conservation groups the Nature Conservancy and Pheasants Forever announced a deal Wednesday to preserve and restore ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The monkeypox virus may be hurting the prairie dog's image, but the burrowing, inquisitive rodents are still legal to own and import in Minnesota. Emergency rules banning the ...

The sun sets over a field in Sterling, North Dakota, on June 6, 2016. Ranchers here carefully manage the timing and intensity of their grazing, paying close attention to grass and soil health. NINA ...

A butterfly species once common on Minnesota’s prairie is fluttering again over native flowers and grasses. Hundreds of endangered Dakota skipper butterflies were re-introduced recently to Glacial ...