In a five-part video series called “Into the Roundup" that launched Sept. 9, Travel South Dakota explores the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup.

In some areas, the researchers found that the presence of the migratory grazers enriched the plant matter with crude protein by 119%, but in other areas that number was as high as 156%. That’s nearly ...

A new study suggests Yellowstone's bison are doing more good than previously thought. So why isn't Montana happy about it?

San Francisco was an unlikely place for bison, but a herd has lived in Golden Gate Park home for years. The back story ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - It's the little herd that could. Studies show bison brought to this area nearly a century ago have remained closer to genetically pure than most federal herds. The findings have ...

A bison on Antelope Island in Utah. There were once 60 million bison in North America. Today, just over 20,000 live in conservation herds in the U.S., according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, grazing on grasslands, forests and plains, from the Great Basin of ...

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 ...

A new study reveals that the tiniest animals can have the biggest impact on how nutrients move through grassland soil and ...

The North American bison is the official national mammal of the United States, according to legislation signed by President Barack Obama on Monday. The recognition will elevate the stature of the ...

It took about a year for the bison heart to complete its journey from pumping blood through the hulking grazer of the plains to being microplaned over a bed of grains, cherries and beets at a Michelin ...