grassland

A 2½-hour ferry ride brought us to our first round at Colonsay Golf Course, a 200-year-old course overlooking a sandy beach, situated on machair grassland, found only on the western coasts of Scotland and Ireland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Natural England considers the land special for its biological interest, specifically wanting to protect its rare lowland meadow and grassland habitat.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Losing them to invasive grassland means a more dangerous fire regime that threatens biodiversity, and the people and livelihoods that depend on Catalina Island.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The results call into question the common assumption that restoring species-rich grassland necessarily requires commercial seed mixes or other expensive measures.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Nim dropped the wagon handle and flew across the grassland.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

He first hand-released wild ferrets on these grasslands as a fresh-out-of-college biologist in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The park's website says people can witness the "majestic cats freely roaming their woodlands and grasslands or playing in their very own waterfall pool".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But the western blacklegged tick, known as the deer tick in most of the country, is common in the state’s chaparral, grasslands and woods, and can transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis and other pathogens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

But vegetation, starting with grasslands and shifting to forests, creeps back into the swathes wiped out in the explosion and people follow.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson