Bison have fascinated me since I saw my first one at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. This may seem weird, as I was born and raised in New Hampshire, and, historically, since ...

Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of ...

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out. Year and Population 1800 – 5 million 1875 – 1 million 1880 – 395,000 ...

The American bison (Bison bison), often called the American buffalo in North America, is a large grazing mammal native to the continent’s grasslands and prairies. Once numbering in the tens of ...

Yellowstone National Park is the oldest and, arguably, most famous of America's many national parks. In the eyes of many ...

A bull bison skull collected in Montana by Smithsonian taxidermist William Temple Hornaday, who would go on to champion bison conservation through museum exhibits and displays of living bison behind ...

Mark your calendar for all things bison as the museum celebrates the nation’s 250th anniversary with a spotlight on the national mammal Ashley D'Souza As we spring into warmer weather, the National ...

In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of new exhibitions, displays and programming, the national mammal will take ...

The Northern Great Plains of Montana are riddled with gullies and plateaus. Millions of bison once roamed North America before being hunted to near extinction. Credit: Owen Preece In a holding pen on ...