Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

As the Bureau of Land Management’s 45-day final decision deadline approaches, supporters and opponents of a January 16 decision to revoke American Prairie’s bison grazing leases are weighing its poten ...

Tribally run management and a deal with Yellowstone National Park are helping forge a future for coexisting with the iconic ...

The stamp features a modern image by Montana-based wildlife photographer Tom Murphy alongside a historic bison stamp design from 1923 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from ...

Iowa City will host the Smithsonian’s "Great American Bison Road Trip" to showcase Iowa's connection to the national mammal. What to know: ...

This circuitous tale, that connects a massive bison bull across 140 years of American history begins in 1886, when getting a message across Montana was a life-threatening task.

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 ...

The American bison (Bison bison), often called the American buffalo in North America, is a large grazing mammal native to the continent’s grasslands and prairies. Once numbering in the tens of ...

The American bison is an incredibly interesting critter. Sometimes called buffalo, this name is a misnomer and suggests that the American bison is somehow related to the buffalo of the Old World. So ...