The bison were very close to extinction.

A milestone in the extraordinary effort to bring back the North American bison. For centuries, they were vital to indigenous ...

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 ...

Once hunted to near-extinction and brought back from the brink, bison are protected as wildlife in some parts of the United ...

Once hunted to near-extinction and brought back from the brink, bison are protected as wildlife in some parts of the United ...

Six bison released onto prairie in Kane County carry the weight of interwoven hopes: that they can heal both the land and the ...

Once hunted to near-extinction and brought back from the brink, bison are protected as wildlife in some parts of the United ...

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 ...

The clip was shot in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park. It showed a pair of tourists who had left their car on the ...

It’s Girl Scout Cookie time and this year feels extra special in Louisville, Kentucky, where I live. Not only are Girl Scout ...

The plains bison was chosen as North Dakota’s state animal because it reflects the prairie landscape, Indigenous history, and a powerful story of loss and recovery. Once nearly wiped out, bison now ...

The modern Western “Lonesome Dove” drew inspiration from rancher Charles Goodnight’s legendary cattle drives. The Goodnight-Loving trail that stretched from Texas helped develop Colorado’s ranching ...