Sep 9, 2025 · Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh …

Learn about the challenge of maintaining a wild, migratory bison population in a modern landscape.

Yellowstone preserves the most important bison herd in the United States. Learn more about the near extinction and recovery of these remarkable animals, how they make it through harsh winters, and …

Apr 29, 2025 · As European Americans settled the west in the 1800s, the U.S. Army began a campaign to remove Native American tribes from the landscape by taking away their main food source: bison. …

Approximately 5,700 wild bison occur in two populations (Jackson, Yellowstone) in the Greater Yellowstone Area, and these bison move across about 1.2 million acres (485,620 hectares) of mostly …

Apr 18, 2025 · As European Americans settled the west in the 1800s, the U.S. Army began a campaign to remove Native American tribes from the landscape by taking away their main food source: bison. …

May 7, 2025 · At approximately 3:15 p.m. in the Lake Village area of the park, a man was gored by a bison after he approached it too closely. The individual sustained minor injuries and was treated by …

What makes Yellowstone's bison so special is that they're the pure descendants (free of cattle genes) of early bison that roamed our country's grasslands. As of July 2015, Yellowstone's bison population …

Only a few hundred plains bison survived commercial hunting and slaughter during the middle to late 1800s, with the newly established (1872) Yellowstone National Park providing refuge to the only …

Jun 10, 2025 · At approximately 9:45 a.m. in the Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful, a man was gored by a bison after a large group of visitors approached it too closely. The individual sustained minor …