On the Great Plains of North America, bison were hunted for thousands of years before populations collapsed to near ...

The plains bison was chosen as North Dakota’s state animal because it reflects the prairie landscape, Indigenous history, and a powerful story of loss and recovery. Once nearly wiped out, bison now ...

Researchers have discovered why ancient bison hunters abandoned a Montana kill site, even though bison remained plentiful.

Bison have miraculously resurrected from the brink of extinction after being slaughtered in the 1800s by hunters and employees of the railroad companies carving their way across the American West. The ...

FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s decades-long project to restore North America’s largest land mammal to Interior and Western Alaska will begin a new phase this summer with an expansion into a second region. Next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of careful land management, bison are returning in small pockets across their historic North American range. Marissa ...

Bison were hunted for thousands of years on the Great Plains before populations collapsed to near extinction due to overexploitation in the late 1800s.

A bison on Antelope Island in Utah. There were once 60 million bison in North America. Today, just over 20,000 live in conservation herds in the U.S., according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The sun hangs low over the horizon as a black pickup crunches the gravel road. As the truck comes to a stop, bright dark eyes stare nervously out of its trailer, whites bulging as a thick furry neck ...

Bison species From about 191,000 to 130,000 years ago, ice covered much of the northern hemisphere. As the ice sheet grew the sea level dropped by 300 feet or more, opening a 600-mile wide land route ...

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