California Condor: This bird was brought back from the edge of extinction through captive breeding programs and reintroduction into the wild. Przewalski's Horse: Once extinct in the wild, this horse ...
The American Bison, once nearly extinct in the late 1800s, has seen a remarkable recovery. From numbering in millions, their population drastically reduced, largely due to hunting and habitat loss.
Bison are considered one of the most iconic conservation tragedies, but also a major conservation success story—the tragedy being a megafauna species nearly driven to extinction, and the success being ...
As the buffalo were exterminated, Tribes suffered forced relocations onto reservations, lost prosperity, and starvation. Still, their spiritual connection to the buffalo persisted, along with small ...