A merican Bison once numbered in the millions but they were hunted neary to extinction throughout the United States during the 1800s. In fact, Yellowstone Park is the last place i ...

“Bison herd making tracks and shadows this past weekend ... and during the winter they often use their massive heads to shovel snow while traveling and searching for food. Their only predators ...

More than 100 years after bison from other regions were introduced to the park, the two genetically distinct herds have ...

After more than a century of conservation efforts, researchers have discovered that the bison in Yellowstone National Park ...

A herd of bison (not the one pictured here ... and diving out of the way “as the bison thundered through people, snow coaches and snowmobiles,” Vanuga said. “Luckily no one was injured ...

The accompanying footage, captured in Yellowstone National Park by Cindy Goeddel, shows a large bison with a definite spring in its step. “When the bison hits the dance floor in Yellowstone ...

Perched above Hayden Valley, they watched as the Wapiti Lake wolf pack pursued a herd of bison, sprinting through deep snow. The wolves closed the gap, and then pounced — separating a bison cow ...

For years, Yellowstone National Park was home to two distinct bison herds, each with its own breeding patterns. But new research reveals a big change: these once-separate herds have now merged ...

As a single herd, the bison utilized two different pastures in the Trexler Nature Preserve throughout the year. During the winter months, the bison lived in the field just past the elk habitat. In the ...

In the past 20 years, Yellowstone's two bison subpopulations have become one large interbreeding herd, according to the new genetic study, published Sept. 13, 2024 in the Journal of Heredity.