For the first time in over a hundred years, Yellowstone’s iconic bison herds have defied the odds and merged into a single, ...

A guide in Yellowstone National Park captured the footage on a wintry day, weeks before baby bison typically begin to appear ...

An almost extinct species, the American bison has now grown to over half a million, and it has become popular as a substitute ...

They found milder conditions and convenient grazing on several U.S. Forest Service allotments that were used by area cattle ranching families in the summer. In 1995, the Yellowstone bison herd was ...

By requiring electronic animal identification for certain cattle and bison, APHIS put into place the technology, tools and processes to help industry stakeholders quickly pinpoint and respond to a ...

But the vast majority of these — more than 220,000 bison — are private, commercial herds that are managed as domestic livestock. By contrast, on native range south of Canada there are about 17,000 ...

Do you think there would be public outrage?” Ranchers in Montana worry that their cattle—mixing on public grazing lands with wild bison from the park—could become infected with brucellosis ...

In 2018 the picture looks quite different. Large, migratory herds of bison have been replaced with domestic cattle, neatly confined to pastures bounded by barbed wire. How restoration of bison ...

A lot of bison went over that cliff.” The park was my first stop on a journey across Montana’s vast grasslands to trace the story of the West through its cattle ranches and the meat they produced.

South Dakota State University is working toward adding a bison studies minor and certificate – which would be the first in the nation. The program must be approved by ...