PORTAGE, Alaska – The first of 100 wood bison aimed at re-establishing a species that went extinct more than a century ago in Alaska were flown Sunday to a rural village. Thirty 30 juveniles age 2 or ...

A half-dozen bison looking for food wandered into the driveway of Elena Powers’ home on Spruce Road in the agricultural area south of Delta Junction last month. (Courtesy of Elena Powers) Bison have ...

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 ...

The young wood bison are temporarily staying at the U.A.F. Large Animal Research Station in Fairbanks. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo) Alaska has imported more wood bison from Canada as ...

North America's largest land animal will roam the Alaskan wilderness once again if a plan unveiled last week is approved. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

These nights, Tom Seaton is dreaming less about red-brown, steaming, humpbacked hulks. He’s also getting more sleep, knowing dozens of wood bison that galloped to freedom behind his snowmachine last ...

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 ...