A treacherous combination of habitat degradation, illegal hunting and predation has pushed the Great Indian bustard ... occasionally spotted in the grassy plains of the Thar desert.

About the size of a business card or a major-league bleachers ticket, this little piece of heavy, printed paper is the federal government’s substitute for the bison of the Great Plains ...

The powerful Chouteau family, which controlled fur trade on the Missouri, had likewise blocked a vaccination program because it would have delayed Indian hunting ... the Great Plains were being ...

Since 1868 the Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara, collectively known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, have lived together on what ...

Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and ...

Once a vast helium reserve, the recreational area now provides opportunities for horseback riders, hikers, bicyclists and ...

Ever heard the rumor that you can starve to death with a full belly of rabbit? It’s a campfire urban legend, it seems, but a ...

Dozens of small communities were submerged by Alabama Power and TVA to create dams to bring electricity to rural areas in the ...

The ‘H Is for Hawk’ author relishes the island’s temples, tea estates and curries — but most of all its breathtaking wildlife ...

In June 1876, Sitting Bull saw victory in a dream. Soldiers would fall like grasshoppers into his camp. Three weeks later, at ...

In a Volkswagen? Down which hill exactly?” My neighbour, John, a living encyclopaedia on the subject of classic cars who ...

Six years after the Buffalo Bill Historical Center acquired the largest, most representative private collection of Plains Indian ... “It’s a great thing for Native Americans and I know it ...