Bison are more than just animals; they are an enduring symbol of the American wilderness. Towering and shaggy, with humps of muscle and sweeping horns, bison once numbered an estimated 30 to 60 ...

The American bison is a majestic, stately creature that has played a prominent role in the early days of American history.

Rising City's Jared Meister, 38, is set to appear in a Custer County Court on July 14 after being accused of killing a rare ...

When you picture Colorado, you likely imagine majestic, towering mountains. Although the mountains are abundant, a large portion of Colorado’s land is high plains. Expanses of prairie grasslands take ...

Temperature and severe drought can drive movement among herds of Plains bison, says a recent study. The team's GPS-backed data suggests that conserving the once-endangered species could depend on ...

Returning bison to their native lands provides a solution to restoring this degraded ecosystem. As ecological researcher Alan K. Knapp explained in a landmark 1999 paper, it is easy to see that the ...

Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. ... there are roughly 450,000 Plains bison now living in the U.S., ...

Bison, which evolved on the treeless plains, are much more comfortable at high temperatures. When they cool off, they prefer to catch a hilltop breeze.

The Plains bison, or buffalo, have been described as the largest species extirpation in world history. Until the 19th century their numbers ran beyond counting — estimates range from 20 million ...

Climate change threatens the Great Plains, but bison may hold a key to resilience KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen Published November 16, 2022 at 3:00 AM CST ...