Emerging from a stand of trees in the Northwest Territories of Canada comes a wood bison, the larger of the two subspecies of the American bison. (The plains bison is the other type). The wood bison once numbered in the tens of thousands, roaming the chilly boreal forests and open meadows in northwestern Canada and parts of Alaska. But by the early 1900s, these majestic animals, as with their cousins to the south, were driven almost to extinction by hunting, disease, and habitat loss.
The largest American bison around
Today in History
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The birth of Bauhaus
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Château de Villandry, France
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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A new tradition in London
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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Juvenile sunbittern displaying at nest, Ecuador
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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Atolls in the Maldives
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Mardi Gras
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Marine Day, Japan
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Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
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Porcupine
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Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
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Protecting endangered giants
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Surfer s paradise
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy
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International Rock Day
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