American bison prefer to inhabit river valleys, prairies, and plains. Typical habitat is open or semiopen grasslands, as well as sagebrush, semiarid lands, and scrublands. Bison also graze …

He paved the way for the conservation movement, and in 1905, formed the American Bison Society with William Hornaday to save the disappearing bison. Today bison live in all 50 …

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) …

Bison are highly adaptable animals, able to live in diverse climates from the deep snow to the driest, most arid locations. Historically, American bison were widespread across the vast …

Oct 29, 2025 · Learn about the three H’s: home, hump, and horns. Bison live in small groups, or bands, whose basic unit is one or more females and several generations of their offspring. …

Before human intervention, bison once ranged over much of North America, including central Canada and most of the interior United States. The only places free of bison were along the …

May 21, 2023 · Millions of bison once lived and traveled across huge sections of North America. At one point, you could see these icons of the prairie from Canada all the way south to Mexico …

Bison historically occurred throughout the grasslands and open savannas of North America. However, they were also found from boreal habitats to semi-desert habitats if grazing was …

American bison are North America's largest terrestrial animals. Millions once roamed the grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains, but today the bison population survives primarily in …

These bison once inhabited the grasslands of North America in massive herds; their range roughly formed a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the …