With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped ...

And you’re probably familiar with the fact that they used to roam the heartland in epic numbers – 50 million or so – until they were hunted nearly to extinction. But here’s a few more facts about ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Bison are the only animals that walk through blizzards, instead of heading the opposite direction, because they instinctively know that will get them through the bad weather quicker. Rating: What's ...

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 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 ...