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 ...

Bison once dominated vast stretches of North America before being driven to the edge of extinction in a matter of decades.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The American Bison is an icon of North America, but after dangerously dwindling to only 1,000 or so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A massive breakthrough was announced this week by the ...

Once they were many, some 75 million in all, a vast, roaming expanse of powerful muscles, sharp horns and thick hides that stirred the dust from the cold reaches of Canada to northern Mexico; from ...

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 ...