Centuries ago, herds of bison roamed the Great Plains, numbering in the tens of millions. One of the most populous mammal species in North America, enormous herds of the animals grazed and migrated ...

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It’s a girl! Probably. The surprise arrival of a baby bison this month increased the size of the herd at Minneopa State Park to 45 animals. Park Manager Ashley Steevens said most bison give birth in ...

Yellowstone National Park has confirmed that an extremely rare white buffalo calf was born in the park earlier this month. The park said in a statement that "multiple creditable sightings" led them to ...

A late arriving bison calf surprised staff Aug. 12 at Minneopa State Park, the second straight year of a late birth. Last October, the same cow birthed a calf at the popular Blue Earth County bison ...

Photos of a white bison calf in Yellowstone National Park have generated excitement as well as questions: How does that happen? A park visitor said she took the photographs in the park earlier this ...

A bison calf born in June in New York’s Bronx Zoo — the first genetically pure bison calf ever produced by embryo transfer — has Yellowstone genes. The zoo waited until Thursday to announce the calf’s ...

A rare white bison spotted in Yellowstone National Park has social media users in awe. Erin Braaten, an outdoor photographer from Kalispell, Montana, captured the animal on camera. “It was pretty ...

Euthanization of wildlife in national parks "is an extremely rare occurrence." — -- A bison calf recently had to be euthanized at Yellowstone National Park after visitors put it in the back of ...

The investigation into who killed a bison on a private North Texas ranch and took off with its head. Why investigators say it ...