Across Montana’s eastern plains, few sights register as strongly as a bison herd navigating open grassland. Although the grizzly bear is the official state animal, the plains bison has come to ...

Nebraska never named the plains bison as its official state mammal, yet this large grazer remains central to the state’s frontier story. Long before sod houses, barbed wire, and steel plows reshaped ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of bison grazing in a lush Nebraska prairie at sunset with a winding river and three deer in the distance.© A-Z Animals The ...

When you picture Colorado, you likely imagine majestic, towering mountains. Although the mountains are abundant, a large portion of Colorado’s land is high plains. Expanses of prairie grasslands take ...

Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The Homestead Act of 1862 turned 160-acre parcels into logistical obstacles for natural ...