Researchers have discovered why ancient bison hunters abandoned a Montana kill site, even though bison remained plentiful.

Located near the town of Judith Gap in central Montana, the Bergstrom site was used to hunt and kill bison for at least 700 ...

The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.

A few centuries ago, a pair of bison in northwestern Minnesota took their last breaths in a peat bog. Their remains are now at the center of an exhibit marrying science and art in Detroit Lakes. It ...

The old routes never disappeared. They waited quietly under layers of snow and sage, unchanged by roads or fences, waiting for the land to open again. Recent studies using GPS tracking and satellite ...

An ancient bison was frozen inside Siberian permafrost for up to 9,000 years until the melting ice coughed out its mummified body in summer 2022. Now scientists in Russia hope to clone the ancient ...

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site has now been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior. Kentucky Department of Parks Big Bone Lick was already a Kentucky state ...

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out. Today, Department of Labor lands currently support 17 bison herds in 12 ...

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 ...