On World Wildlife Day, it feels appropriate to celebrate a true wildlife conservation success story when, sadly, populations of so many other species are declining. Plains bison numbers, which were ...

According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, bison once roamed the Great Plains in the millions before nearly being driven to extinction. Now — thanks to the efforts ...

The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky Mountains. They seem to have been extirpated by Native Americans from the northern ...

Millions of buffalo, or American bison, once roamed North America from Canada down to Mexico. They were an integral part of Native American societies that lived on the Great Plains providing food ...