With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out. Today, Department of Labor lands currently support 17 bison herds in 12 ...

American bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America. Male bison are significantly larger and heavier than females. A mature bull can reach 5.5 to 6.5 feet high at the hump and 9 to ...

Scientists from Washington and Lee University, the National Park Service and the University of Wyoming have published research in Science shedding new light on the value of bison recovery efforts in ...

Bison—also known as buffalo—once ambled across North American prairies in enormous herds, with their full population reaching the tens of millions. Indigenous peoples across the continent relied on ...

With its bison population estimated at 5,300 as of August, Yellowstone bison manager Chris Geremia told the group park officials will “be using all tools to decrease" the herd.

The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West. The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions about the romanticization of the American West. Bison were ...

--The heaviest land mammal in North America, weighing 900 to 2,200 pounds. --With large heads and curving horns, bison have a shaggy coat of brown hair on their shoulders and legs, with shorter, finer ...

Celebrities don't get a whole lot of downtime out of the public eye, but it's always cool to see how they spend their free time at home. For country music sensation Chase Rice, free time means ...

For the second time in less than a week, a visitor at one of the U.S. National Parks was injured in a bison attack, the park service said. A Minnesota woman visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park ...