Historic accounts from the 19th-century western Great Plains contain significant information on Plains ungulates and other animals, particularly as they relate to provisioning the Euro-American ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Suitable habitat for native fishes in many Great Plains streams has been significantly reduced by the pumping of groundwater from the High Plains aquifer – and scientists analyzing ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Caprock Chronicles is written or edited by Paul Carlson, emeritus professor of history at Texas Tech. This week’s essay looks at prairie dogs of the Great Plains and describes an ...

Why do we hear of so many hailstorms over the western plains? That's a question from Matt. Even though the greatest frequency of thunderstorms is near the Gulf Coast, more storms produce hail over the ...

Rains, locally heavier, fell across roughly the east half of Texas this past week, with heavier amounts (locally 4 to 7 inches) falling in parts of the central Gulf Coast region. Most of the Great ...

There’s only one way to describe the cold taking hold of the U.S. right now. “It’s going to be nasty,” says Drew Lerner, an agricultural meteorologist and founder of World Weather. “If you are out in ...