The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved dual classifications for bison this week, creating a distinction between domestic bison and wild bison, which are classified as big game.

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out. Today, Department of Labor lands currently support 17 bison herds in 12 ...

The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West. The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions about the romanticization of the American West. Bison were ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The United Property Owners of Montana opinion at upom.com is a glaring distortion of facts ...

--The heaviest land mammal in North America, weighing 900 to 2,200 pounds. --With large heads and curving horns, bison have a shaggy coat of brown hair on their shoulders and legs, with shorter, finer ...

Not only is the bison one of the most iconic animals in North America, but it's actually the United States' national mammal.

A longtime bison ambassador for Minneopa State Park will discuss the country’s “national mammal” 7 p.m. Tuesday during Mankato Paddling and Outings Club’s March meeting. The general public may attend ...

A scary moment was caught on camera in Yellowstone National Park when a bison tossed a 9-year-old Florida girl into the air.You can see in the video, shot Monday, that people are very close to the ...

A family on vacation at Yellowstone National Park was caught in the middle of a massive bison stampede that damaged their rental car. Video shows more than a hundred of the animals, of all sizes and ...

-- The proper Latin name for the North American animal is Bison bison. The National Bison Association's theory of how the animals became known as buffalo is that early French explorers saw in the ...