Nebraska never named the plains bison as its official state mammal, yet this large grazer remains central to the state’s frontier story. Long before sod houses, barbed wire, and steel plows reshaped ...

The first four deer were placed in the John A. Latsch Deer Park on Prairie Island Wednesday evening. A family of three additional ones are to be added over the weekend. The project sponsored by the ...

Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The Homestead Act of 1862 turned 160-acre parcels into logistical obstacles for natural ...