Indiana University sports had a bison mascot for a few years in the 1960s, but it has been without a mascot since. 2,000 residents helped guide IMPD plan, despite low in-person turnout.

Decades ago, for just a few years, drawing on the animal figuring prominently on the state seal, IU tried a bison mascot.It was introduced in 1965 and abandoned by the end of that decade.

The European wood pigeon helped me appreciate its omnipresent city cousins. By Ben Crair If familiarity breeds contempt, then no wild animal has made itself more loathsome to humanity than the ...