RAPID CITY, S.D. — These Nobel Brutes: Engraving of the American Bison highlighting the American Bison’s role in the American West opens Friday at the Journey Museum in Rapid City.

The American bison is the largest land mammal in North America and a symbol of strength, resilience, and history. Once nearly extinct, it’s made a powerful comeback across U.S. grasslands and parks. [ ...

THE PIECES ARE ON DISPLAY A Louisville neighborhood is remembering the past through artwork.Three sculptures of American bison including a mother and her two calves are now on display in the Saint ...

Bison sustained Indigenous people and played ... "Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances" by George Catlin, 1832-1833. (Smithsonian American Art Museum)“The thing we're proudest of is the room ...

Catlin wrote that he wanted to show individual Native American men riding their horses “at full speed” hunting hundreds of bison. This depiction of man versus beast stands out against the ...

Hornaday genuinely cared about the American bison, and went to great lengths to ... In college he studied taxidermy, the art of preserving and stuffing animal skins. He then dropped out to work ...

American bison were hunted almost to extinction by European settlers. Now making a comeback, they could help reverse damage to prairies from decades of poor management. It takes mettle to live on ...

The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.