A recent animal escape led to a debate at Nexstar's KXAN – can you call an American bison a "buffalo"?

UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activ ...

The American bison (Bison bison), often called the American buffalo in North America, is a large grazing mammal native to the continent’s grasslands and prairies. Once numbering in the tens of ...

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Yellowstone National Park has confirmed that an extremely rare white buffalo calf was born in the park earlier this month. The park said in a statement that "multiple creditable sightings" led them to ...