Supporters cite the beefalo's hardiness, ease of breeding and the leaner, protein-rich healthier meat, but others say the costly crossbreed... Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals ...

A male hybrid that is 50% cattle and 50% bison stands in the pasture on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Missouri. This bull will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the ...

On the Osage Nation Ranch just outside of Pawhuska, nearly 200 bison are roaming free on 3,000 acres of the tribe's ancestral land. Osage Nation started building its herd about four years ago with ...

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. -- It was a heady start, back in the mid-1990s. Everyone was eager to start up their own bison operation and bought bison cows as if they were going out of style. The problem was ...

LOS ANGELES - Long thought to be purebred, the wild bison of Santa Catalina Island in fact have a little bit of cow in them, the first DNA analysis of the animals found. Nearly half of the 98 American ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - At the dawn of the 21st century, bison ranchers were in a desperate search for customers. Things were so dire that many went broke and others bailed out of the business. Today, ...

A bison calf born in June in New York’s Bronx Zoo — the first genetically pure bison calf ever produced by embryo transfer — has Yellowstone genes. The zoo waited until Thursday to announce the calf’s ...

MANKATO, Minn.-The first breeding bull has arrived at Minneopa State Park near Mankato, bringing to 15 the number of bison at the park, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The ...

Bison produce very lean meat, but they are wild animals that can be difficult to raise on a farm. Cattle are very docile, but their meat can be high in fat and not very healthy. That's why proponents ...