Three large mammals in the world are commonly called “buffalo,” though each of them represents a different species ... the scientific name bison (which comes from the Latin word for ...

In Romania’s Țarcu Mountains, the reintroducing of 170 European Bison is showing promise as a natural solution to climate ...

The thunder of hooves once shook the vast North American plains as millions of bison roamed free, sculpting the landscape in ...

Although there is no evidence that the European bison (Bison bonasus), known as wisent, ever roamed the islands of the United ...

But even then, overhunting, loss of prairie habitat and diseases spread by domesticated cattle were ravaging the species. By the time Hornaday organized the American Bison Society in 1905 ...

Together with a small number of animals saved by ranchers, that meager herd became the basis for the recovery of the entire species, Bison bison, which has been nurtured back to strength in the park.

Wild animals do not recognize park borders. Two of Yellowstone’s iconic species, bison and elk, spill seasonally—and naturally—beyond park boundaries looking for food. One is welcome.

The push for the bison was founded on Indiana’s history. They were once native to Indiana but were hunted close to extinction ...