THE European bison (Bison bonasus L.) was present in great numbers in the forests of Europe at the beginning of the modern era. With the increase of human activity and the more intensive ...

The modern American bison (Bison bison ... that had characterized thousands of years of Native use of American nature, drove almost unquenchable demands for furs, feathers, and animal products.

It’s tempting to see a happy ending to this story in the restoration of the American ... today bison are considered “near threatened” by the International Union of Conservation of Nature.

Thanks to conservation efforts, the American bison was not lost to extinction ... "The wildlife is abundant and with each ...

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 ...

Bison more appropriately describes the North American buffalo ... We are reminded of the power of Nature when it thunders and bright streaks of lightning shoot across the sky.

The national mammal of the U.S., the American bison is the largest terrestrial ... A vast ranch and nature reserve in New Mexico, Vermejo is home to almost 2,000 wild bison, so it is no surprise ...

Clearly offended, Thomas Jefferson (who stood 6-foot-2) constructed elaborate tables comparing American species with their puny Old World counterparts—three-and-a-half pages of bears ...

Max Waugh (USA) catches sight of a plains bison kicking up flurries of snow over its bulky frame in Yellowstone National ... but a wider audience who may only get to learn about the world’s amazing ...

according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Pittsburgh Zoo and American Prairie, which provided the bison, are part of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ Bison Saving ...

The Bear Dance exemplifies the controversial nature of Catlin’s Indian Gallery ... but also emphasized the deviance of such ceremonies from the rapidly spreading Euro-American Christian norm. Bison ...