The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky Mountains. They seem to have been extirpated by Native Americans from the northern ...

Plains bison numbers, which were once nearly driven to extinction, are on the rise across the United States and Canada, with 45,000 found across North America today. Bison conservation isn’t ...

Scientists have made a fascinating discovery about the bison population in Yellowstone National Park. Researchers at Texas ...

Bison lived for the past 10,000 years on the rich grasslands of the Great Plains of North America from what is now Canada to Mexico. On the northern Great Plains where my ancestors lived bison ...

DESCRIPTION: Slightly smaller in size than other subspecies of the often 12.5-foot long, 6.5-foot tall American bison, the plains bison has a long, shaggy, dark-brown coat; short, backward-arching ...

"Indiana University students apparently have decided definitely the bison, the plains animal, which appears on the state seal will be the school's official mascot," an Oct. 21, 1965, article in ...

South Dakota State University could soon be teaching students how to raise bison, a species that once populated the North ...

Max Waugh (USA) catches sight of a plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame in Yellowstone National Park, USA. From his vehicle Max saw the bison start to head downhill towards ...

Author and natural history educator Cindy Crosby will discuss how the tallgrass prairie, Illinois’ original garden, has been shaped by bison during a presentation at 7 p.m. April 1. The event is ...

And these are not the only prairie animals to have suffered great losses. Plains bison, and the highly endangered black-footed ferret were brought to the brink of extinction, and prairie dogs have ...