SOMERSET, Pa. – The Pittsburgh zoo has added one of the nation’s most iconic creatures, the American bison, to its sprawling Somerset County conservation center. Three female bison and a male ...

American bison, commonly known as buffalo, once thundered across the prairies of North America — until 1889, when they were almost driven to ...

The bison corrals are unique in both their size and design. A mature American bison bull can stand more than six-feet tall and weigh up to 2,000 pounds.

By the late 1800s, however, "bison were nearly driven to extinction through uncontrolled hunting and a U.S. policy of eradication tied to intentional harm against and control of Native American ...

Some 82 tribes across the U.S. now have more than 20,000 bison in 65 herds — and that's been growing in recent years along with the desire among Native Americans to reclaim stewardship of an ...

Heinert, 50, a South Dakota state senator and director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council, views his job in practical terms: Get bison to tribes that want them, whether two animals or 200.