Great Plains Buffalo's Remarkable Resurgence: From Near Extinction to Thriving in Oklahoma Explore the Great Plains' rich history as the buffalo, once 30 million strong, faced near extinction ...

Buffalo weather update: 10 p.m., 7/1/25 ...

America’s national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.

The buffalo’s near extinction, along with the killing of other western mammals like elk and grizzly bears, is “the greatest murder of animals in the history of humankind,” says American ...

Ken Burns' new PBS documentary "The American Buffalo," premiering Monday, tells the story of how our national mammal was on the brink of extinction until humans evolved and saved them.

Before European settlers hunted buffalo to near extinction, tens of millions of the wild animals lived across North America, shaping and contributing to the health of grassland ecosystems.

20th-century rebound of white-tailed deer Thanks to the rise of the conservation movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, white-tailed deer survived their brush with extinction.

In June, members of Blackfeet Nation released their first herd of bison to roam. The program director spoke about why the near-extinction was so devastating and how he's helping to bring them back.

The film explores both the tragic near-extinction of the buffalo as well as the story of how conservation efforts brought the species back from the brink.

America once teemed with millions of bison that were hunted to near-extinction. PBS's The American Buffalo shares what we can learn from this loss and later recovery.

The near extinction of the North American bison in the late 1800s caused a devastating, lasting economic shock to Indigenous peoples whose lives depended on the animals, an economic study finds.