The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky Mountains. They seem to have been extirpated by Native Americans from the northern ...

On World Wildlife Day, it feels appropriate to celebrate a true wildlife conservation success story when, sadly, populations of so many other species are declining. Plains bison numbers, which were ...

DESCRIPTION: Slightly smaller in size than other subspecies of the often 12.5-foot long, 6.5-foot tall American bison, the plains bison has a long, shaggy, dark-brown coat; short, backward-arching ...

According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, bison once roamed the Great Plains in the millions before nearly being driven to extinction. Now — thanks to the ...

Bison Haven Prince Albert is notable for the bison herd that roams along its southwestern border, the only free-range herd of wild plains bison in Canada that still occupies its ancestral territory.

The species had another setback when tuberculosis and brucellosis were introduced into the park with several thousand plains bison, brought in from Wainwright, Alta., between 1925 and 1928. Those ...