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The Future of American Plains Bison: Domesticated or Wild?
The past abundance of bison on the Great Plains is well documented, but bison were also common throughout the Rocky Mountains. They seem to have been extirpated by Native Americans from the northern ...
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Bison Populations Are Growing Amid Catastrophic Wildlife Declines – Here’s Why
On World Wildlife Day, it feels appropriate to celebrate a true wildlife conservation success story when, sadly, populations of so many other species are declining. Plains bison numbers, which were ...
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NATURAL HISTORY
DESCRIPTION: Slightly smaller in size than other subspecies of the often 12.5-foot long, 6.5-foot tall American bison, the plains bison has a long, shaggy, dark-brown coat; short, backward-arching ...
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Thousands of bison return to Great Plains: ‘It’s come full circle’
According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, bison once roamed the Great Plains in the millions before nearly being driven to extinction. Now — thanks to the ...
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Snow Bison
Max Waugh (USA) catches sight of a plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame in Yellowstone National Park, USA. From his vehicle Max saw the bison start to head downhill towards ...
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Resurgence of the wood bison
The species had another setback when tuberculosis and brucellosis were introduced into the park with several thousand plains bison, brought in from Wainwright, Alta., between 1925 and 1928. Those ...