Cheyenne River Buffalo Ranch, which is owned by wildlife biologist Dan O'Brien and his family, has achieved bird-friendly habitat certification through Audubon’s Conservation Ranching program. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior on Thursday announced $5 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to support the restoration of bison populations and grassland ...

Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who consume plants return these nutrients to the soil, creating a nutrient cycle. In a new study published in Ecology, scientists from the Smithsonian's ...

Yellowstone’s roaming bison herds enhance nutrient cycles and boost ecosystem health at landscape scales, according to a new study. The findings, which challenge conventional grazing wisdom, suggest ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A study of grazing in Yellowstone National Park found that bison essentially mow and fertilize their own food. This allows them to graze in one area for two to three months ...

So picture a very large ecosystem like the North American prairies, overlaid with contemporary conservation areas. To keep things simple, we'll just look at trees versus grass. Over tens of thousands ...

Ten bison from Yellowstone National Park were released into the existing herd of buffalo on the tribal lands of the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico on Wednesday. On hand for the release was Assistant ...

New research shows prairie dogs play an outsized role in nutrient cycling, adding to their list of beneficial services as ecosystem engineers. Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who ...

A New Jersey man sustained minor injuries after a bison gored him in Yellowstone National Park earlier this month.