The bison, one of the largest land herbivores on Earth, is a living symbol of raw power, survival, and untamed wilderness.

Tahnee Szymanski, state veterinarian, said although bulls pose a “very low risk” for spreading disease to livestock, the ...

In the state of Colorado, bison are “livestock,” unable to roam free like elk or pronghorn. Returning bison to their original range on the Great Plains will require landscape-scale, transboundary ...

A bison bull donated by media mogul Ted Turner grazes at Caprock Canyons State Park. Six years ago, inbreeding threatened to destroy the last remaining vestige of the Southern plains bison herd ...

After being hunted to near extinction, there are roughly 450,000 Plains bison now living in the U.S., according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

HETTINGER, N.D. -- A bison bull stripped down to its empty skin, draped over Styrofoam and mounted on wheels, will symbolize a wild animal that once ruled the Plains. There were millions.

By the late 1880s, there were only about 281 plains bison left, including 23 in Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in Wyoming. Colossal herds of bison won’t roam North America again ...