Yellowstone National Park officials say a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June 4. The birth of the white buffalo in the wild was the first ...

This photo provided by Jordan Creech shows a white buffalo calf born on June 4, 2024, in the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, a spiritually significant event for many Native American tribes.

People gather at the headquarters of the Buffalo Field Campaign in West Yellowstone, Mont., for the naming ceremony of a recently born white buffalo, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Listen carefully. Can you hear that low-pitched sound? A death rattle is descending upon Yellowstone National Park’s remnant wild buffalo population. In the winter of 2025, death approaches ...

Earlier this month, the white buffalo calf was born in Yellowstone National Park’s vast and lush Lamar Valley, where huge, lumbering bison graze by the hundreds in scenes reminiscent of the old ...

The buffalo disappeared over a hill and the group continued to a place where grizzly bears had been spotted, Creech said. They returned later and saw the cow with its calf, Creech said.