In 1972, state lawmakers chose the bison for this role because it tied together Native traditions, frontier history, and the ...

Kansas did not pick the plains bison as one of its state animals just because it looked cool on a flag; lawmakers chose to ...

Quick Take Preventing total extinction necessitated a successful recovery from a remnant population of only 1,000 bison. The ...

A herd of bison has returned to Burlington Prairie in Kane County, part of a long-awaited return led by the American Indian ...

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 ...

Billionaire Joe Ricketts’ herd of 17 white bison thrive at Jackson Fork Ranch in Wyoming’s Upper Hoback Valley. To him, the ...

Centuries ago, herds of bison roamed the Great Plains, numbering in the tens of millions. One of the most populous mammal species in North America, enormous herds of the animals grazed and migrated ...

The U.S. Forest Service is scheduled to host a public bison auction Jan. 17 at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation ...

There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison -- shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers. A new study ...

If you've ever been to Yellowstone National Park, you know that it can be the kind of experience that stays with you forever.