Insects don’t get love like other animals. But Kansas can’t survive without them
Scientists are trying to figure out which insect species are struggling, what it means for ecosystems and, ultimately, how it will impact people.
Hundreds of millions of birds will make the Midwest the migration capital of the U.S. this weekend
As many as 100 million or 200 million birds will fly northward along the Central Flyway on Saturday night. Kansas, Missouri and neighboring states lie in the hottest of hotspots.
Trees are spreading across the Great Plains. They’re actually making climate change worse
We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they’re heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.
A ‘Green Glacier’ of trees and shrubs is burying prairies, threatening ranchers and wildlife
A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet beneath dense junipers and shrubland.
Kansans are clearing invasive species from woods and prairies so native wildlife can thrive again
Humans transport some non-native species on purpose. Others arrive by accident. The vast majority don’t hijack landscapes. But those that do come with high stakes.
Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3
Here are some of the Kansas hospitals refusing to publish their prices
Hospitals sued unsuccessfully to block the price transparency rule in court. The rule took effect […]
U.S. Department of Justice
Right-wing extremism has been taking root in rural Kansas for decades
The fringe beliefs of right-wing extremists in Kansas, dating back at least to groups like Posse Comitatus, who trained for war against their government 40 years ago have now migrated to the mainstream of American politics.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Some COVID-19 tests come with ‘criminal’ prices, experts say, so get tested for free instead
Originally published by the Kansas News Service on March 1, 2021 A year into the […]
What the history of ‘Noose Road’ tells us about Kansas, race and the lynchings of Black men
Originally published by the Kansas News Service on March 2, 2021 HAYS, Kansas — On the […]
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