Birds may not need us, but we certainly need them. Experts raise red flags as common birds vanish from sight across vast US ...

The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic ...

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.

At the height of the fierce dust storms in the mid-1930s, more than 1.2 billion tons of soil blew away. This spring marks the ...

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.