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.

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — These Nobel Brutes: Engraving of the American Bison highlighting the American Bison’s role in the American ...

The organization that he, President Theodore Roosevelt and others formed in 1905 to help save the animal from extinction was named the American Bison Association. But still, the usage of ...

Their lineage represents the last true North American bison, since ranchers interbred many bison with cattle in the following years. As a result, the animals from Yellowstone are prized above all. " ...

Their numbers declined rapidly, and, by the 1870s, American bison—also called buffalo—had nearly gone extinct, dropping to a total population of around 500. But bison are survivors.

An Indigenous scholar explains their sacred significance. (The Conversation) — The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers ...

It’s part of an effort by the Tanka Fund, a native-led nonprofit based in South Dakota, and The Nature Conservancy to restore more than 700 bison — also known as American buffalo — to ...

American bison were hunted almost to extinction by European settlers. Now making a comeback, they could help reverse damage to prairies from decades of poor management. It takes mettle to live on ...

TOPPENISH, Yakima County — On a frigid winter morning at the Yakama Nation’s Satus Ranch, a herd of 150 American bison ranged on the valley floor, backdropped by snowy Mount Adams. Right now ...

When American settlers arrived on the Great Plains in the 19th century, the bison they found seemed inexhaustible. Herds stretched dozens of miles from one end to the other, and paddle steamers ...