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 ...

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 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West. The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions about the romanticization of the American West. Bison were ...

The last Bedford Park program of the year will at 6 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Otis Park Bath House, 1621 Tunnelton Road in Bedford.

--The heaviest land mammal in North America, weighing 900 to 2,200 pounds. --With large heads and curving horns, bison have a shaggy coat of brown hair on their shoulders and legs, with shorter, finer ...

With its bison population estimated at 5,300 as of August, Yellowstone bison manager Chris Geremia told the group park officials will “be using all tools to decrease" the herd.

For the second time in less than a week, a visitor at one of the U.S. National Parks was injured in a bison attack, the park service said. A Minnesota woman visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park ...

-- The proper Latin name for the North American animal is Bison bison. The National Bison Association's theory of how the animals became known as buffalo is that early French explorers saw in the ...