Clever detective work involving research on both ancient DNA and cave paintings from the last ice age has revealed a previously unknown species of hybrid bison, according to a new study. Researchers ...

Approximately 120,000 years ago, the now-extinct Ice Age steppe bison got it on with the aurochs, the ancient ancestor of cows, and created a rare hybrid mammal. Then ancient humans drew it. NPR ...

A newly released study examines why European cave art includes drawings of two distinct types of bison. One of the types is a newly discovered... For a decade, people who study Europe's bison ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. About 10,000 years after the Steppe Bison ...

Paleontologists cheekily dubbed the species the “Higgs bison” – a play on the famously elusive subatomic particle – because it was so mysterious. Little did they realize that the creature had been ...

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 ...

In 1979, researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra. Shortly after, they sliced off a piece of its neck — to eat! Here's a news story told in ...

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

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