YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Standing at the edge of a bluff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond stared through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo ...

A rare white buffalo has been born in Yellowstone National Park, fulfilling a prophecy of one of the largest Native American tribes. The white calf was spotted on June 4 in the Lamar Valley in the ...

The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that ...

Standing at the edge of a bluff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond stared through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo dotting the verdant valley below.

But buffalo that wander outside of their protected zone in Yellowstone National Park could be subject to continued elimination by humans for the next 15 years, conservation groups warn.

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

In Yellowstone, however, some 200 buffalo roamed free, ostensibly under the protection of the federal government. But even in the park they were not safe. Poachers could make five hundred dollars ...