Witness America's most iconic land animal in these amazing but underrated park destinations instead of Yellowstone National ...

The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented ... present and future of bison in his forthcoming book, American Plains Bison: Rewilding an Icon.

The sun hangs low over the horizon as a black pickup crunches the gravel road. As the truck comes to a stop, bright dark eyes ...

The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly ... revere bison in rituals and ceremonies. Every tribe on the Great Plains has its own “deep individual connection to bison ...

The National Park Service’s plan to increase bison herd sizes has drawn criticism from state officials concerned about disease transmission.

Catlin wrote that he wanted to show individual Native American men riding their ... On the northern Great Plains where my ancestors lived bison grazed on different grasses, in different seasons ...

Reintroducing bison to tallgrass prairies can double biodiversity of native plants and increase drought resistance, a Kansas ...

brought thousands of hide hunters to the Great Plains. In just over a decade the number of bison collapsed from 12-15 million to fewer than a thousand, representing one of the most dramatic ...

RANGE: Bison once roamed from Florida through the eastern deciduous forests and Great Plains to the Cascade ... They live up to 25 years. FEEDING: Plains bison graze on grasses and sedges of the North ...

circa 1930: An American bison. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty ... in the 19th century (from above): Mississippi landscape, Great Plains ... [+] with buffalo, Native camp in the northwest.

A great herd of American bison was lost in the Arbuckle ... trying to find their way down to the safety of the plains. One lone bison stayed behind as he helped each of his friends escape down ...