American Bison Photo

Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   American Bison   >         photos@oceanlight.com   (760) 707-7153 The bisons massive head is its most characteristic feature. Its forehead bulges because of its convex-shaped frontal bone. Its shoulder hump, dwindling bowlike to the haunches, is supported by unusually long spinal vertebrae. Over powerful neck and shoulder muscles grows a great shaggy coat of curly brown fur, and over the head, like an immense hood, grows a shock of black hair. Its forequarters are higher and much heavier than its haunches. A mature bull stands about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) at the shoulder and weighs more than 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). The bisons horns are short and black. In the male they are thick at the base and taper abruptly to sharp points as they curve outward and upward; the females horns are more slender. Image ID: 13120   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd. Image ID: 13000   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13002   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves. Image ID: 13123   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Lamar herd of bison grazes, a mix of mature adults and young calves. Image ID: 13132   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   A herd of bison grazes near the Lamar River. Image ID: 13145   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 19598   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 19599   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 19600   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison wades across the Madison River, autumn. Image ID: 19601   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison grazes amid grass fields along the Madison River. Image ID: 19602   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd grazes below the Teton Range. Image ID: 13004   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd. Image ID: 13001   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13003   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd. Image ID: 13005   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd. Image ID: 13006   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd grazes below the Teton Range. Image ID: 13007   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison herd. Image ID: 13008   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13009   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13010   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13011   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison. Image ID: 13012   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Hayden herd of bison grazes near the Yellowstone River. Image ID: 13121   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison lock horns in a sparring session. Image ID: 13122   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Lamar herd of bison grazing. Image ID: 13124   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Hayden herd of bison grazes near the Yellowstone River. Image ID: 13125   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Hayden herd of bison grazes near the Yellowstone River. Image ID: 13126   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   A herd of bison crosses the road, creating a bison-jam while visitors watch from the safety of their cars. Image ID: 13127   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bison rest in a dry stream bed. Image ID: 13128   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Lamar herd of bison grazing. Image ID: 13129   Species: American bison, Bison bison Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

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Updated: April 1, 2020