The largest mammals in North America, bison are iconic animals with some amazing creature features that have helped them ...

10 Bold Pictures of Bison, ... than the American bison. In the mid-19th century, white Americans began to kill bison as a way to control Native American tribes that depended on them for food.

The American bison - the symbol of the Great Plains - once roamed from Nevada to Mississippi. But in the 1800s, bison were in the way when pioneers pushed west.