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 ...

Bison—also known as buffalo—once ambled across North American prairies in enormous herds, with their full population reaching the tens of millions. Indigenous peoples across the continent relied on ...

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 ...

--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 ...

Bison is no longer listed as an endangered species. There are more than 450,000 bison in North America. Buffalo meat has fewer calories and less cholesterol than chicken, fish or ostrich. It has 40 ...