S4 E12: Restoring the Prairie's "Landscape Architects" to Their Rightful Home

Published: June 12, 2024, 8:13 a.m.

For millennia, tens of millions of bison roamed the plains of North America. By the end of the 19th century, westward expansion and overhunting at the hands of settlers had devastated these populations.\xa0The fate of one of the America\u2019s most iconic animals teetered on the edge of extinction.

Hannah Kaplan looks at how collaboration between the Bronx Zoo, many other organizations, and Indigenous Peoples helped pull one of North America\u2019s most endangered species back from the brink.\xa0

Reporting: Hannah Kaplan
Guests: Pat Thomas, Jason George, Madeleine Thompson