bison: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Bison vs Buffalo. Oct 10, 2026
Add new Web site: USDA - Food Safety and Inspection Service - Bison From Farm to Table. Sep 19, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America. Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Bison body size and climate change. Nov 19, 2024
Add new Web site: ZOO T?bor - Genus Bison Has the Biggest Sex-Related Difference in Longevity among Mammals. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Reintroducing bison to Banff National Park � an ecocultural case study. Aug 15, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Bison Ecology. May 23, 2024
Added a mention of the article on the difference between buffalo and bison. Mar 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Genus Bison (Bovidae, Mammalia) in Early Pleistocene of Moldova. Dec 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Colorado Encyclopedia - Bison. May 03, 2023
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Bison. Nov 18, 2022
Add new Web site: Live Science - Facts About Bison. Aug 31, 2022
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Bison. Aug 07, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jun 09, 2022
Timing of Bison migration to North America added. May 11, 2017
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Bison for Kids. Mar 28, 2017
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - How 60 Million Bison Became 1,000 in a Century. Feb 20, 2017
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web - American bison. Sep 05, 2016
Media added. Jul 05, 2016
Two photos depicting a grazing band of bison and a stampeding herd added. May 03, 2016
Media added. May 03, 2016
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Bison. Nov 01, 2013
Add new Web site: The National Wildlife Federation - American Bison. Nov 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Okhlahoma Historical Society - Bison. Nov 01, 2013
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web - American bison. Nov 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Bison Vs. Buffalo. Feb 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Bison. Aug 19, 2012
Conservation status of wood and plains bison updated; details of the strategies conservationists used to protect bison during their near-extinction period clarified. Jun 16, 2010
Added image of a bison. May 17, 2010
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Bison. Apr 14, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Bison. Mar 10, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2007
Article revised. Feb 09, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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