The bison were very close to extinction.

Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

Don’t let this happen to you: You take your family to Yellowstone and point out to your daughter up ahead a large animal. “Look, little Clementine! It’s a buffalo!” But your daughter has been watching ...

A tribe in Wyoming is advocating for a change in the way bison are treated on the plains that could lead to a new relationship between the once-endangered species and Indigenous people. In April, the ...

The InterTribal Buffalo Council, which helps many tribes and tribal nations reestablish bison on their land, hosted a training event in the fall with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma last ...

With their immense size and pugnacious attitudes, bison have few natural predators. Their natural enemies include humans, ...

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 ...

The wildlife I am writing about today, the American bison, isn’t really anything you will find in your backyard in the Northeast. The American bison got close to us in upstate New York (Buffalo, New ...

Several years ago, I had the chance to drive around the Dakotas and was struck by the haunting beauty and the sheer immensity ...