The word is commonly used to refer to bison, their North American cousins. The focus on the animals' rear ends also misses their most potent source of methane, Mitloehner said. The anatomy and ...

"The anatomy on these specimens is absolutely ... The trouble with time The first 10, masterful dioramas—including the American bison and pronghorn antelope, the Alaska brown bear, the moose ...

The organization that he, President Theodore Roosevelt and others formed in 1905 to help save the animal from extinction was named the American Bison Association. But still, the usage of ...

circa 1930: An American bison. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) We had the privilege of first viewing a film that will soon be seen by tens of millions when it’s released by PBS to ...

The American bison was once a flourishing species, with an estimated population of 60 million before the 18th century. By the start of the 19th century, that population would go down to an ...

There was drought, affecting the grasslands where bison grazed; pressures from domesticated livestock exacerbated erosion; and Native American tribes forced from traditional hunting grounds and ...

Wednesday’s transfer came two weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a bison conservation order meant to further expand the number of large herds on Native American lands.

Of all the creatures on Earth, none are quite so happy about the first day of spring as this American bison doing a happy dance. The latest animal to capture hearts and minds busted some killer ...

Image Jason Baldes of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe preparing to pick up some of 35 bison from Denver Mountain Park that were being transferred to Native American tribes near Golden, Colo., ...