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Bison once numbered in the hundreds of millions and roamed in vast herds throughout North America. But after Europeans colonized and began developing the continent, the newcomers set about killing the ...

LOS ANGELES - Long thought to be purebred, the wild bison of Santa Catalina Island in fact have a little bit of cow in them, the first DNA analysis of the animals found. Nearly half of the 98 American ...

Citizens can help monitor the prairie and bison, and Native Americans can reconnect to their roots under a community science program.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, as well as all four members of the state’s federal delegation signed ...

Five months ago, Dave Hutchinson could barely give his bison away. With a drought exhausting his hay supply, the western Nebraska rancher was forced to search for new ways to sell the hungry bison he ...

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 ...

CUSTER, S.D. — Bison calving season has begun for many Bison producers across the country. At Kremer Buffalo Ranch in Custer, South Dakota, there have been newborn bison being welcomed into the world ...

White Cloud, a female albino bison, lived with the National Buffalo Museum herd in Jamestown, North Dakota, until her death in 2016 at the age of 20. Researchers at Texas A&M University’s School of ...

A bison calf born in June in New York’s Bronx Zoo — the first genetically pure bison calf ever produced by embryo transfer — has Yellowstone genes. The zoo waited until Thursday to announce the calf’s ...