Discover why South Dakota’s Black Hills are a top summer pick for cave exploring and spotting wild bison in scenic landscapes ...

NPS photo The first animals at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota came from the Bronx Zoo in 1913, said Greg Schroeder, a science and resource manager for the National Park Service at Wind Cave.

The Wind Cave herd, shown here in 2008, regularly rounds up surplus bison for transfer to nature preserves. The donation of three animals to Red River Zoo is the park's first transfer to a zoo.

This herd of American Bison, grazing on late summer pasture north of the Wind Cave National Park visitor Center, are a few of the descendants of the original 14 animals imported from the Bronx Zoo ...

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. — Bison from Wind Cave National Park are scheduled to be transferred to preserves in South Dakota and other states to help form new or boost existing herds. The ...

Wind Cave National Park may not be the only national park with a cool cave, but that doesn’t make it any less special. “I think the caves are a little bit like people,” said Tom Farrell ...

They have their own story to tell.” Wind Cave, for instance, is the sixth longest cave in the world and among the most complex. “Larger caves (are) spread out over a larger area.

WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK | A recent archaeological investigation indicates the buffalo jump at western South Dakota's Wind Cave National Park may have been used for various activities for as ...