To drought? Will one population prosper after another declines?). The American Plains bison (Bison bison) is an iconic symbol of the American West. It is estimated that the plains region of the ...

For the first time in over a hundred years, Yellowstone’s iconic bison herds have defied the odds and merged into a single, genetically unified population. It may sound like a footnote in ...

An estimated 1,551 bison were killed in 2022-23, equal to about 27% of the 2022 summer population of about 6,000 animals. This summer’s population was estimated in August at about 4,800 animals ...

American bison symbolize resilience, and today, their thriving population represents humanity’s greatest conservation story. In the 16th century, around 30 million bison roamed the grasslands ...

What began as a herd of 14 bison, shipped in for 1925’s “The Vanishing American,” experienced a population explosion. At one time, thousands of them roamed the island off the coast of ...

Conservationists—including Indigenous people—successfully restored the plains bison to a population of approximately 45,000 in Tribal and conservation herds. Of those, 20,000 are managed in ...

That will mean an average population of around 5,000 bison, which is what the herd has averaged over the past 10 years. In the 2000 plan, the goal was 3,000 bison. “The NPS desires to manage ...

While Montana has suggested the state will sue over the proposal, some environmental advocates would like to see more changes. The National Park Service finalized its plan last week to allow ...

Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that bison in Yellowstone National Park—the only group of American bison that has ...

That population has fallen sharply, causing some to ask why the state is ramping up reintroduction into the Interior now. Tom Seaton, the lead Fish and Game biologist for the bison reintroduction ...