“One of my favorite adaptations of the bison is the hump,” said Alex Watson, regional naturalist for the Minnesota Department ...

Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

Bison once dominated vast stretches of North America before being driven to the edge of extinction in a matter of decades.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The American Bison is an icon of North America, but after dangerously dwindling to only 1,000 or so ...

Millions of bison once thundered across the American plains, shaping the landscape long before westward expansion pushed the ...

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 ...

Comparing these genomes to additional Siberian and North American bison clarified the earliest parts of the bison family tree. From that information the scientists constructed a bison genealogy ...

The sun hangs low over the horizon as a black pickup crunches the gravel road. As the truck comes to a stop, bright dark eyes stare nervously out of its trailer, whites bulging as a thick furry neck ...

Bison species From about 191,000 to 130,000 years ago, ice covered much of the northern hemisphere. As the ice sheet grew the sea level dropped by 300 feet or more, opening a 600-mile wide land route ...