The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.

JAMESTOWN — The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown is now home to "Samantha," a complete bison skeleton that is estimated to be 8,000 to 10,000 years old. Samantha is one of two complete bison ...

PIERRE -- More than 100 bison skulls unearthed by the 2011 Missouri River flood are giving scientists more information about how the modern bison evolved. The 101 skulls found in October by the U.S.

An ancient bison was frozen inside Siberian permafrost for up to 9,000 years until the melting ice coughed out its mummified body in summer 2022. Now scientists in Russia hope to clone the ancient ...

For a decade, people who study Europe's bison population have been baffled by a genetic mystery. The animals, which are a , seemed to have appeared out of thin air about 11,000 years ago. "There's ...

Tributes have been paid to the matriarch of the UK's only free-roaming bison herd after she passed away aged 21. The ...

A few centuries ago, a pair of bison in northwestern Minnesota took their last breaths in a peat bog. Their remains are now at the center of an exhibit marrying science and art in Detroit Lakes. It ...

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site has now been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior. Kentucky Department of Parks Big Bone Lick was already a Kentucky state ...

No hiking trip is complete without a life-sized tableau of ancient bison in the throes of death—at least not at Big Bone Lick State Park. The diorama pit, originally built in 1975, has been moved and ...