Uno is an 8-year-old American bison. He was donated by the Weilert family and will soon be joined by a breeding female bison from the same family. (Abilene Zoo) ...

American Bison When the American bison faced extinction, a breeding herd was brought back from Montana and allowed to graze in front of the Smithsonian Castle.

Population genetic studies completed just 20 years ago found that Yellowstone bison populations retained much of their historic breeding patterns and were, in fact, two unique herds living within ...

ABILENE Abilene Zoo has announced the arrival of two American bison, bringing one of North America’s most iconic species back to the Abilene community. Just one century ago, bison roamed the ...

Bison numbers were already in decline by the 1840s, but the vast herds’ almost complete disappearance over the next half-century was not the result of some single, catastrophic event or agent.

The bison represent the purest bison stock in North America and came to the zoo through a partnership with American Prairie, a prairie-based nature reserve in Central Montana, according to a press ...

Texas A&M Study: After 120 years of conservation efforts, Yellowstone bison are a single breeding population Once consisting of two unique herds, researchers believe the Yellowstone bison herds ...

HEATHER HERAKOVICH, HOLLY P. JONES, Prescribed Fire Has a Greater Impact on Artificial Nest Predation Than a Recent Bison Re-introduction in Illinois Tallgrass Prairie, The American Midland Naturalist ...