Nearly 500 bison roam across the pastures eating as much grass as they like. Bulls are organized into herds, cows raise their calves in groups and calves stay with their mothers for a full year.

Given that EPIC, through its buying power, has already expanded grass-only herds in this country, you could say the company is to grass-fed bison what Ted Turner is to grain-fed bison; the media mogul ...

Bison once numbered in the tens of millions in the United States. Now, a nonprofit is working to restore the shortgrass prairie, where the American icons and their ecosystem can thrive again.

Bison act and eat differently than cattle do, though biologists say not all the differences are clear yet. Few studies compare these two bovine herbivores side by side. Still, a few differences ...

Back on her ranch, Pogue watched the sun set over the new batch of bison eating grass in their new home. The animals have a strong spiritual presence, she said, ...

Bison, meanwhile, are primarily range-fed and eat grass. Their meat has a lower fat content than beef. Among commonly consumed North American animals, only elk meat has less fat.

By Rosalyn LaPier. It is images such as George Catlin’s “Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances” that engages our imagination of the unique relationship between Indigenous peoples and bison.

The animals are herbivores, primarily eating grass and sedges, and can run up to 30 mph. Yellowstone is the only place in the contiguous 48 states where free-ranging bison have been found since ...

A bison forages for grass by the main storefronts in Gardiner, Mont., the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Gardiner residents live with bison year round. Bison migrate toward the ...