This is prairie like you’ve never seen it.
At first glance, you’ll see a bald expanse ravaged by harsh winds. You’ll have to spend some time here to understand the beauty of a landscape where, a little more than a century ago, the buffalo roamed.
There are surprises in this landscape. Ranges of hills appear in isolated locations, preserving the topography of the region before it was scoured by glaciers.
In the river valleys, wind and water have stripped away the sandstone to reveal fantastically-shaped badlands and expose rich beds of dinosaur bones.
You’ll find plants and animals in this extraordinary region that you can’t find anywhere else in the world.
To explore the natural history of the Badlands region, visit the interpretive centres in the region's provincial parks and urban nature reserves. You can also find out more about dinosaurs – and see fossils – by visiting Dinosaur Park, local museums in the region, or the spectacular Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology.
