These charismatic, rabbit-size rodents live on North America's prairies and open grasslands in only a fraction ... listening posts near exits, so animals can safely keep tabs on the movements ...

And temperate grasslands ... And thanks to conservationists who reintroduced swift foxes to the grasslands, the once-extinct species now ekes out a living amid the scrubby sagebrush.

Other types of grassland grasses include a much taller type called big bluestem, which grows with very deep roots in the wetter parts of North America ... plants and animals of temperate grasslands.

Animals like red squirrels store nuts ... Grasslands also exist across large parts of America. Temperate grasslands have good soil for farming. Most of the grasslands in the United States have ...

In the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico lies a region boasting the highest biodiversity in inland North America ... particular array of plants and animals — from high coniferous ...