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 ...

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.

The iconic bison of the American plains isn’t the only large hoofed beast humans have hunted to near extinction. Wild European bison, also called wisent, are returning to the lands they dominated in ...

This year, a $1.4 million project is about to release a herd of bison in an ancient English woodland, bringing back an animal that hasn’t been in the country for millennia. The European bison is ...

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At the end of the last ice age, large herds of bison roamed across Europe. But by 1927, the European bison became extinct in the wild, with only about 60 individuals remaining in captivity. Scientists ...

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 ...

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 ...

A European bison who accidentally wandered over the border into Germany last week was greeted with a bullet, angering conservationists who work to protect the rare species. The largest land mammal in ...

1. Where populations are confined to fragmented, human-dominated landscapes, preventing declines and extirpations will often rely on metapopulation management. Spatially-explicit population viability ...

For the first time, a UAB research team in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) analyses the feeding habits of European bison herds in Mediterranean forests The European ...

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 ...