Recent findings show bigmouth buffalo fish have perplexingly long lives and appear to get healthier as they age. But scientists are worried their population is about to crash.
Three large mammals in the world are commonly called “buffalo,” though each of them represents a different species. All of these are distantly related under the same family, Bovidae.
They don’t have a certain answer yet but it’s possibly predation by pike, which spawn earlier and feast on baby buffalo. This dynamic may have been a factor in driving this unique species to ...
As the buffalo were exterminated, Tribes suffered forced relocations onto reservations, lost prosperity, and starvation.
Montana's lawsuit against Yellowstone's bison plan contradicts park scientists' research on population sustainability and ...
Throughout the month of June, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) will be educating the community on its efforts to eradicate invasive species within the parks system.
For thousands of generations, buffalo (species bison bison) have evolved alongside Indigenous people who relied on them for food and shelter, and, in exchange for killing them, revered the animal.
The field guide is only a teaser. According to studies and estimates, there are more than 1,200 wildlife and plant species in the Buffalo Creek watershed. They include 945 plant species ...
An adult Cape buffalo can weigh between 600 and 2,000 pounds (270 and 907 kilograms) and stand between 4 and 5.6 feet (1.2 and 1.7 meters) tall at the shoulder.
The industry for buffalo hides made some White Americans rich, but it decimated the species as well as the Native American tribes whose lives depended on the bison. Vintage engraving showing ...
A plant that was once considered to be extinct is now flourishing thanks to help from the Ohio Department of Natural ...