President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act on Monday, making the country’s official national mammal the American bison, also known colloquially as the buffalo. The bison joins the ...

The House approved the National Bison Legacy Act on Tuesday, and it passed the Senate on Thursday. Now it's awaiting President Obama's signature to become law. The measure says the bison is ...

Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.” On Monday, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, making the American bison––or the buffalo, as it’s more often called––the ...

Buffalo and bison are not the same animal. Typically, the big fluffy animals that people call buffalo are actually bison, while true buffalo look more like large bulls. The two are related though.

The National Bison Legacy Act was first passed by the U.S. House and then the Senate. The act was presented to President Barack Obama on April 29 and awaits his signature so it can become the law ...

The National Bison Legacy Act was introduced in the Senate in May. "Any kind of awareness we can raise around bison is a good thing," said Jim Matheson, assistant director of the National Bison ...

Buffalo were immortalized in the U.S. in 2016 when the National Bison Legacy Act made them our national mammal. An image of a buffalo jumping over a log also is emblazoned on the official Seal of ...