NEWTON COUNTY, Ind. — There's a unique connection between sport and science for Indiana University, which is reviving a bison mascot to rep IU athletics this year.

Turns out, an IU alum is bringing back real bison to the Hoosier state, too. And you can visit them in person.

At IU football games this season, "Hoosier the Bison" will roam the sidelines once again.

The university is reintroducing its mascot after a nearly six-decade absence from the field in Bloomington.

But this long-lost beast isn't alone.

In fields a few hours north, in Morocco in Newton County, an IU grad has been bringing back real bison to Indiana.

You can find the massive, majestic animals on a stunning Hoosier landscape, grazing the prairie at Kankakee Sands, owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy.

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