The modern-day American bison evolved around 10,000 years ago during the end of the Pleistocene Epoch from an ancient bison species. Over these several thousand years, according to environmental ...
(THE CONVERSATION) The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (THE ...