Preserved dung suggests large herbivores have lived in Yellowstone National Park for more than 2,000 years
Bison cows and calves congregate in a meadow beside the Lamar River, Yellowstone National Park. Credit: John Wendt, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Large herbivores like bison or elk have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for about 2,300 years, according to a new analysis of chemicals preserved in lake sediments. John Wendt of Oklahoma