In the late winter of 1979, a group of gold miners working near Fairbanks, Alaska, broke through the frozen soil with a hydraulic hose and unearthed more than they bargained for: the mummified remains ...

A group of bison has claimed an estate in the east of Portugal as their new stomping grounds, marking the animal's first presence in the country for 10,000 years. Animals Around the Globe detailed ...

For a decade, people who study Europe's bison population have been baffled by a genetic mystery. The animals, which are a , seemed to have appeared out of thin air about 11,000 years ago. "There's ...

Comparing these genomes to additional Siberian and North American bison clarified the earliest parts of the bison family tree. From that information the scientists constructed a bison genealogy ...