In Alaska’s frozen bush, wood bison are roaming free on U.S. soil for the first time in 200 years. A herd of 100 wood bison, the largest land mammal in North America, were recently reintroduced into ...

Once nearly extinct, the subspecies is set to return to the United States Jenna Schnuer One hundred wood bison will be reintroduced to the Alaskan wilderness later this month, somewhere they have not ...

Males of gregarious species of mammals often do not associate with female groups during the breeding season. Such males could leave groups either to search for new breeding opportunities, or to ...

The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced by hunting from a total population of about 168,000 to less than 250 individuals by 1900, the Wood Bison has since ...

One hundred wood bison will be reintroduced to the Alaskan wilderness later this month, somewhere they have not lived in the wild for over a century. Ray Bulson/Design Pics/Corbis Wood bison aren’t ...

Veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have successfully produced three wood bison calves using in vitro fertilization. Veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of ...

After more than two decades of trying to give the wood bison a renewed foothold in the Last Frontier, the day when a herd of the one-ton beasts roams Interior Alaska is quickly approaching. On ...

YAKUTSK, July 24. /TASS/. Wood bison, which have been brought to Yakutia since 2006, will be listed in the republic's Red Data Book to preserve the species and to protect them from poachers. The local ...

Big plays well in Alaska. We're the biggest state, with the most coastline. We've got the continent's tallest mountain and longest sled-dog race. We catch the world's heftiest salmon and halibut, and ...

Alaska wildlife officials are preparing to release North America's largest land mammal into its native U.S. habitat for the first time in more than a century. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on ...

Everywhere you look in Wyoming, on license plates, signs, brochures, and the state flag, a large, shaggy bison appears. Long ...