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 ...

Wyoming’s wild bison are the first of the ungulates (hooved animals) to kick off the fall breeding season, or rut. For bison, the rut starts in July, but really gets going in August and carries into ...

Vast herds of bison roamed the North American prairies until they were nearly eradicated during the 1800s by buffalo hunters, and only a few isolated herds remained. Efforts to preserve them began, ...