Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

American bison, by contrast, have a long, shaggy coat covering their front quarters, front legs and heads, light or dark ...

The forces of nature were getting more than a little prodding recently on the grassy 1,200-acre reserve outside this village near Spain’s border with Portugal. Five years ago, this reserve was a ...

As a group of once-endangered Alberta wood bison join a larger herd in Skownan First Nation, hope for the future of the culturally vital species grows ...