There. They're from American Coots. They made the loud sounds we heard when we first started this morning. Coots are duck sized, mostly black water birds, with these large white beaks and red eyes.

American bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America. Male bison are significantly larger and heavier than females. A mature bull can reach 5.5 to 6.5 feet high at the hump and 9 to ...

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.

Bison once numbered in the tens of millions in the United States. Now, a nonprofit is working to restore the shortgrass prairie, where the American icons and their ecosystem can thrive again.

Before 1800, between 30 to 60 million bison roamed the American plains. By 1890 only around 1,000 were left. Verne Lehmberg ...

Conservationists and Indigenous people successfully saved the American bison from complete annihilation in the 20th century, increasing their numbers from less than 500 to more than 15,000 wild ...

News Published: 01 May 1890 The Extermination of the American Bison 1 R. L. Nature 42, 11–13 (1890) Cite this article ...