Explore the remarkable story of bison. These iconic animals shaped North American landscapes for more than 100,000 years and anchored Indigenous lifeways for generations. Pushed to the brink of ...

Agriculture in upstate New York doesn’t often include bison, but one local farm has been raising a herd of 170 bison in Homer that are finding their way onto restaurant menus. While there are only 27 ...

Prior to European colonization, plains bison are estimated to have numbered between 30 million and 60 million animals and were the widest-ranging large mammal in North America. Bison were (and remain) ...

A male bison, called a bull, can stand up to 6 feet tall, weigh from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, and can be up to 12 feet in length. The heaviest wild bull recorded weighed about 2,800 pounds. A female ...