State wildlife managers said that they are drastically reducing the number of hunting permits for an Interior Alaska bison herd after discovering that dozens of the animals died in a pond this spring.

Hunting goal delayed Based on expectations from 20 percent annual bison herd growth rates seen in Canada, there had initially been hopes in Alaska that the herd would grow fast enough to allow some ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Winter can seem cruel for the lumbering, snorting bison that call this place home. Snow piles heavy and deep, bitterly cold temperatures test thick coats and food becomes ...

As Montana gears up for its first bison hunt in 15 years, fully aware that national news coverage and widespread protests are sure to follow, it’s worth asking a question: Why is it that Wyoming has ...

The decision to move wood bison into the Minto Flats area on the Lower Tanana River comes nine years after the state first released them in Western Alaska’s Lower Innoko and Yukon rivers region in ...

FAIRBANKS — At 2,000 pounds, an adult male wood bison is North America’s largest land mammal. It dwarfs even the mighty moose, which grow up to about 1,600 pounds. These giant herbivores have been ...