Jan 26, 2021 · Crossing the Southern Plains in 1806, Zebulon Pike described herds of bison that “exceeded imagination.” Yet by the 1850s, many of the Native nations that relied on bison for sustenance—such as the Kiowas, Comanches, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes—were seeing fewer bison than ever before. What happened?

Mar 16, 2025 · The wild bison in Yellowstone National Park are the last major herd of buffalo, the least domesticated members of their genus left in the United States. When Yellowstone was established in 1872, an estimated 25 wild bison roamed the park, a relic of the great herds that once roamed the entire West.

Dec 30, 2017 · Last year, the bison was chosen as America's first national mammal, joining the bald eagle as a symbol of America. I started writing this post with only a mild interest in bison. But the more I learned, the more I want to learn, and this blog post took on a life of it's own.

Map comparing previous bounding edges of historic bison distribution by 1500 AD to 1950 AD (adapted from Martin et al. 2022) including previous works from Hornaday 1889 (thick gray …

The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic (or native) to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison.

The last bison killed in West Virginia was killed near Valley Head, Randolph County in 1825. The last bison in Kentucky are dated to 1800, and in Tennessee, between 1800 and 1810.

Dec 16, 2024 · Removing bison was a means of destroying enemy resources among US officials as high up as the president, writes The Atlantic. A brutal solution to what they perceived to be "The Indian Problem".

May 10, 2023 · This trip was when I started to learn the full history of the American bison (Bison bison), the immensity of their impact and connection to the ecology of this continent as well as their deep relationship to the Indigenous peoples of what is now called North America.

In prehistoric times, millions of bison roamed North America—from the forests of Alaska and the grasslands of Mexico to Nevada’s Great Basin and the eastern Appalachian Mountains.

Scientists are calling what is believed to be the oldest bison fossil ever recorded the “mother of all bison,” a huge discovery in explaining not only where these massive animals came from but …