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

More than a century after being nearly hunted to extinction by the early 1900s, 29 American bison were released in the 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 ...

The National History Museum commissioned Missouri artist Gary Staab for a commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Staab sculpted three bison on a heroic scale.

Three large bronze bison statues are stopping by the Field Museum on their way to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The sculptures will begin a week-long trip from ...

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, three bronze bison sculptures will be displayed at the ...