A Montana native who dreamed of Alaska since childhood has spent his career working to restore one of the state's lost species — the wood bison.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

A hundred wood bison that will be the foundation for the first wild herd on U.S. soil in more than a century have been safely delivered to a rural Alaska village, according to the Alaska Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re heading to Alaska, you can get a good look at scores of wood bison, North America’s largest land mammal, in captivity. But maybe not for long. Many of the large creatures will be released ...