rbison is an R package or wrapper for interacting with the USGS BISON search API (https://bison.usgs.gov/#opensearch). rbison allows users to pull species occurrence data from datasets available from the USGS BISON application, inspect species occurance summaries, and then map species occurance within the US, within the contiguous 48 states, and/or at county or state level. The U.S. Geological Survey's BISON (Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation - https://bison.usgs.gov) application is a product of the USGS Science, Analytics and Synthesis Program. BISON is an information system that allows users to access, explore, and download species occurrence data (predominantly specimen-based e.g. from digitized museum collections and [...]