The burly bronze bison busts are a gift to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. They’re being displayed outside the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in D.C.

As the Bureau of Land Management’s 45-day final decision deadline approaches, supporters and opponents of a January 16 decision to revoke American Prairie’s bison grazing leases are weighing its poten ...

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An Aug. 3 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a bison and questions how much of an impact its ancestors had on the environment. "In the early 1800s, there were roughly 60 ...

Around 1.5 billion cattle are currently reared for their meat and milk. These animals require large amounts of food, water, and space to farm and are also responsible for large volumes of greenhouse ...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, as well as all four members of the state’s federal delegation signed on to a letter last month claiming American Prairie’s bison restoration project is at odds with the ...

Wild bison from Yellowstone National Park that are deemed free of cattle disease could be safely used to establish new herds elsewhere across the American West without posing a risk to livestock, a ...

White Cloud, a female albino bison, lived with the National Buffalo Museum herd in Jamestown, North Dakota, until her death in 2016 at the age of 20. Researchers at Texas A&M University’s School of ...

(Reuters) - Wild bison from Yellowstone National Park that are deemed free of cattle disease could be safely used to establish new herds elsewhere across the American West without posing a risk to ...

Researchers have determined the gene mutation responsible for an observable trait in bison -- albinism. A research team led by scientists from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical ...