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Bison from a UK-first conservation project are settling into their new home in Cumbria as part of a wildlife project.

Simulations integrate historical records, fossils, and ancient DNA to reveal why the European bison nearly went extinct, and pinpoint optimal areas for conservation. Since the near-extinction of the ...

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 ...

The European bison has always been a bit of an enigma. Smaller and more svelte than their North American cousins, their ancestry is a bit of a quandary as they seem to suddenly appear in the fossil ...

A European bison standing outdoors during winter with snow covering parts of its fur. The animal is positioned in a cold ...

Late last year, I was hiking in northern Spain when, just before sunset, I spotted a massive animal that I didn't think existed on this continent: a bison. What was it doing here, in a country that ...

A reproduction of a painting at the the Pergouset cave in ArdeÌ che, France, probably representing an ancestor of modern European bison that was created by the hybridization of cows and steppe bison.

Bison in a national park east of Kyiv are at risk of dying out unless a male can be sent their way. The female herd in Zalissia National Nature Park lost all their males after Russia’s full-scale ...

Threatened forest icon may be a hybrid of two extinct species. It took a reach into the past using ancient DNA and cave art to unveil the wisent’s origin story. Researchers published the species’ ...