Herd of American Bison, browsing in safety, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Circa 1895-1920. From the New York Public Library American bison, circa 1906. Library of Congress ...

The American Bison was an animal that roamed from Alaska to Mexico and from Appalachia to the Sierra Nevada. It was North America’s largest and most ubiquitous land animal.

As bison numbers swelled through mid-20th-century conservation efforts, animals that wandered outside park property lines were met with scars of highways etched across the countryside, housing ...

The shaggy bearded American bison finally got some respect Monday when President Obama decreed it to be the country's national mammal. 5 places to go where the buffalo roam.

ABILENE, Texas — The Abilene Zoo is bringing back a beloved animal after more than 14 years. According to the zoo, two American bison will soon call the zoo home.

One of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison stands in a corral as it waits to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council so they can reintroduce the ...

Federal lawmakers have called the bison — North America's largest land animal — the embodiment of American strength, resilience and the nation's pioneer spirit.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Zoo is doing their part to strengthen American bison herds that roam Blackfeet tribal lands in Montana and national parks in the Rocky Mountains and Canada. On ...

Some 30 million to 60 million of the animals once roamed the Great Plains. But by the early 1900s, after decades of hunting, bison numbered less than 1,100.

The National Bison Association has been lobbying for the removal of tariffs on American bison meat exports into the European ...