Earlier this month I traveled out to the Nachusa Grasslands in Franklin Grove, Ill. to check in on the bison after covering their relocation from Iowa earlier this year. A link to our newest editorial ...

On a hilltop about 95 miles west of Chicago grow plant species that have been there for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The soil is sandy, so when the surrounding lowlands were used for ...

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The hulking animals that stepped from trailers to corrals here late at night drew a hushed, attentive audience of about 25 people. The reason for the reverence: Wild bison have been reintroduced on ...

It’s a dream 25 years in the making. Bill Kleiman, project manager at Nachusa Grasslands with the longest tenure of the staff, recalls interviewing for his position in 1993 and the subject of ...

The Nachusa Grasslands Preserve will host its annual Fall Festival on Sept. 20, offering a rare chance to see bison up close. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is free and open to the ...

CHICAGO (AP) --Love is in the air for bison on an Illinois prairie. The Chicago Tribune reports that after being reintroduced to the Nachusa Grasslands, there are obvious signs the bison are ...

Typically referred to as buffalo, more than 60mn bison roamed North America when the early explorers arrived. But sport hunting and mass slaughter reduced the population considerably. By Ted Gregory ...

I remember waking up around 4 a.m. on the first night in Iowa and having no idea where I was. I was in a sleeping bag, in a big metal box, getting slightly rained on. I looked around befuddled for a ...