An almost extinct species, the American bison has now grown to over half a million, and it has become popular as a substitute ...

James Bailey, retired professor of wildlife biology at Colorado State University, considers the past, present and future of bison in his forthcoming book, American Plains Bison: Rewilding an Icon.

The modern American bison (Bison bison) emerged from larger, ancient predecessors approximately five thousand to ten thousand years ago and soon became a truly continental presence, ranging across ...

A great herd of American bison was lost in the Arbuckle Mountains during a ferocious storm - the kind only Oklahoma can produce. Hail fell and tornadoes spun all around the herd as they stampeded ...