The Homestead Act, railroads, farming, barbed wire and cattle were all tragedies on the Great Plains. That is the thesis of Dan O’Brien’s new history, "Great Plains Bison." The Great Plains are the ...

Everywhere you look in Wyoming, on license plates, signs, brochures, and the state flag, a large, shaggy bison appears. Long ...

Editor's Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited each week by Jack Becker, a librarian at Texas Tech University. He can be reached at [email protected]. This week’s essay, by Becker and Paul Carlson, ...

Oklahoma did not choose the American buffalo as its state mammal simply because it looked good on souvenirs and roadside ...

Bison grazing on native prairie for three decades transformed the landscape, allowing wildflowers to thrive that can feed legions of bees and butterflies. MANHATTAN — The prairie of the Great Plains ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

SELMA, Ohio – Many driving from the east find their eyes drawn to the architecture of Soaring Plains, the modern, award-winning, 3,500-square-foot home at the crest of a hill across Ohio 42 from the ...

Temperature and severe drought can drive movement among herds of Plains bison, says a recent study. The team's GPS-backed data suggests that conserving the once-endangered species could depend on ...

Overview: The decline and fall of the bison empire / Geoff Cunfer -- Reviewing an iconic story: environmental history and the demise of the bison / Dan Flores -- People and bison in the ancient past - ...

Buffaloes at Rest recalls a time when bison were plentiful. When the print was created in 1911, only about 1,350 remained. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division This Winter, if all goes ...

Wildflowers like goldenrod thrive in areas grazed by bison, which attracts droves of monarch butterflies to the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Bison grazing on native prairie for three decades ...