Glacier FarmMedia - When a cattle producer wants to diversify the herd, there are many breed choices. For bison producers, ...

They've collected genomes from bison herds across North America to introduce more diversity into herds that would otherwise never cross paths. In the 1920s, the Government of Canada mixed plains ...

Quanah Parker. This is the fifth observance of Quanah Parker Day in Texas. Parker, the son of Cynthia Ann Parker and Comanche Chief Peta Nocona, was the last great chief of the Comanche people during ...

Canadian bison producers can draw from only two genetic wells: Wood bison and Plains bison. Efforts are ongoing to bolster biodiversity and protect some genetic lines. “Everyone assumed that there was ...

The bison program is self-funded, which includes occasional sales of whole bison. A Saturday fundraiser will benefit the herd ...

DARBY, MONT. — Jerky company Sovereign Warrior announced the launch of new meat snack products made from grass-fed and ...

Since 2005, WWF has been committed to returning plains bison to the Northern Great Plains. Today, this work is led through partnerships with the region’s Native Nations for whom these grasslands have ...

The North American bison that are around today appeared in the fossil record around 5,000 years ago, according to the U.S. National Park Service. The plains bison nearly went extinct in the late ...

But bison, the great symbolic animal of the Great Plains, weren’t on her radar. Until suddenly, they were. The Texas resident recounted her experience with CNN’s Ed Lavandera, telling him that ...