Non-profit conservationist group Rewilding Europe has announced the release of eight European bison at the Herdade do Vale Feitoso Estate in the Castelo Branco District of eastern Portugal. The Polish ...
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 ...
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 ...
The first bison to enter North America from Asia were the now-extinct steppe bison, Bison priscus. This animal was about 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed around 2,000 pounds. Its horns were ...
Combined evidence from ancient DNA and cave art led scientists to conclude that the European bison, pictured here, appeared around 120,000 years ago as a result of hybridization between cattle ...