#bisonbison — Public Fediverse posts

Return Of Wolves To Yellowstone Has Led To A Surge In Aspen Trees Unseen For 80 Years
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/return-of-wolves-to-yellowstone-has-led-to-a-surge-in-aspen-trees-unseen-for-80-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122941 <-- shared paper
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https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/pwZObUXR <-- shared video
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/reintroducing-wolves-to-yellowstone-helped-entire-ecosystem-thrive-20-year-study-finds <-- shared related technical article
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"Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen...."
#elk #cervuscanadensis #bison #bisonbison #wolf #wolves #canislupus #quakingaspen #populustremuloides #herd #browsing #predation #aspen #vegetation #forest #rophiccascade #yellowstone #YellowstoneNationalPark #ecosystem #restoration #natural #balance #canopy #graywolves #habitatloss #predator #saplings #growth #mature #ecology #reintroduction #survey #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #herbaceous #browsing

🐂#LostBones 🦥🐴🐘🐪 Near Little Sauk, Minnesota, a local naturalist began finding bison bones in the thick marl at the bottom of a river on his property. So, as one does, he started wading in neck-deep water—feeling for bones with his feet!

This is the fourth such Minnesota skeleton I’ve written about here. If you know of others, or have your own skeleton haunting a basement or garage this Halloween #FossilFriday, I’d love to hear the tale!
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#holloween #skeleton #bisonbison #citizenscience

🫎It’s a #Bisonbison #Alcesalces #FossilFriday! 🐂🐴🐘🦥🐪 These #LostBones skulls come from Kittson County, Minnesota—the northeastern most county in the state, known as “where Minnesota begins.” Many other species and elements are also displayed.

If any of these great specimens are your donations and you have more details, please reach out through the link in my profile.

https://www.facebook.com/KittsonCountyHistoryCenter/

#Pleistocene #Skulls #Palaeontology #Fossils #Shareyourdiscovery #Citizenscience

Mini North American Animals Figurine Playset (Toymany)

Before I start this Blogpost, I must again thank @Kenc and the folks at Toymany for donating this review sample. It is very much appreciated. As with other Toymany set reviews, this is a general overview to introduce the animal toy community to the set and does not prevent others from doing more in-depth reviews of individual figures. I will be covering the animals based on family-level (or […]

Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/mini-north-american-animals-figurine-playset-toymany/

#Alces #AlcesAlces #alligatorSnappingTurtle #AmericanBaldEagle #AmericanBison #Antilocapra #AntilocapraAmericana #bighornSheep #Bison #BisonBison #brownBear #Canis #CanisLatrans #coyote #grayFox #Haliaeetus #HaliaeetusLeucocephalus #jaguar #KeyDeer #Macrochelys #MacrochelysSuwanniensis #MacrochelysTemmincki #Meleagris #MeleagrisGallopavo #Moose #mountainGoat #mountainLion #Odocoileus #OdocoileusVirginianus #OdocoileusVirginianusClavium #Oreamnos #OreamnosAmericanus #Ovis #OvisCanadensis #Panthera #PantheraOnca #Pronghorn #Puma #PumaConcolor #SuwaneeAlligatorSnappingTurtle #turkey #Urocyon #UrocyonCinereoargenteus #Ursus #UrsusArctos #whiteTailedDeer

🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🍃 This striking left bison femur was discovered in Glenwood, Minnesota, during maintenance of the now-defunct ski hill in Barsness Park. The specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 1999.

https://popecountymuseum.com

#GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene specimens and their stories of discovery and preservation.

🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃Check out this beautiful crusty chunk of bison horncore and skullcap discovered near Barsness Park, Glenwood, Minnesota. This specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020.

https://popecountymuseum.com

@popecountymuseum @PCMuseum #GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene museum specimens and their sorties of discovery and preservation.

#lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This Friday’s specimens are two bison skulls recovered in Itasca County during Scenic Hwy 7 road construction along with many other postcranial skeletal elements.

They are currently on loan from Isacka County to the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm, Minnesota.

www.itascahistorical.org
www.mndiscoverycenter.com

#pleistocene #bison #occidentalis #paleontology #MinnesotaDiscoveryCenter #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #bisonbison #skull