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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (TNS) — After humans, the mammals most successful at colonizing North America were the bison that thundered across the Great Plains. Just when they arrived on the continent from Asia ...