State wildlife managers said that they are drastically reducing the number of hunting permits for an Interior Alaska bison herd after discovering that dozens of the animals died in a pond this spring.

Bison calving season is underway at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Girdwood. Staff say this year’s baby wood ...

Much like cattle, 44 wood bison were separated, sorted, run through chutes and onto a truck Monday morning. They’ll make a roughly 40-hour drive from Alberta’s Elk Island National Park east of ...

Hunting goal delayed Based on expectations from 20 percent annual bison herd growth rates seen in Canada, there had initially been hopes in Alaska that the herd would grow fast enough to allow some ...

Editor’s note: Mark Lindberg is chronicling the return of wood bison for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This is one of an occasional series documenting ...