UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activ ...

Bison numbers have recovered after near extinction, but genetic diversity is now a concern. Fragmented herds lack natural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bison in Yellowstone National Park. A bison in Yellowstone National Park. (NPS/Neal Herbert/NPS / Neal Herbert) It is ...

Scientists have pieced together the deepest genetic history of the North American bison ever assembled, using DNA drawn from 115 animals that lived before the species was pushed to near extinction in ...

The March 18 editorial concerning slaughtered bison as source of food took the low road in referring to the magnificent beasts as "Yellowstone's wandering bison." They are our bison that ...

Two lawsuits filed in federal court seek to overturn a new policy by the Bureau of Land Management revoking federal grazing ...

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed the strongest evidence to date that all bison in North America carry multiple small, but clearly identifiable, regions of DNA that ...

Earlier this summer, the Montana-based American Prairie organization was approved to graze bison on Bureau of Land Management lands in Central Montana where they hold grazing privileges. This decision ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has extended the public comment period to April 19 on a proposal requiring electronic identification for the interstate movement of certain cattle and ...

With 2.1 million cattle in Montana, one might expect Governor Gianforte and our congressional delegation to know where cattle actually get brucellosis. But unfortunately, the governor and delegation ...

Bison have fascinated me since I saw my first one at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. This may seem weird, as I was born and raised in New Hampshire, and, historically, since ...

A new study has revealed the strongest evidence to date that all bison in North America carry multiple small, but clearly identifiable, regions of DNA that originated from domestic cattle. A new study ...