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 ...

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 calf belonging to a species of bison that became extinct in the wild in Western Europe in the Middle Ages has been born in Switzerland. The European bison calf was born in the Jura Mountains on July ...

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 ...

The herd feels symbolic, too, because in 1927, there were only 54 European bison left on the planet, all of them in zoos, ...

A small herd of European bison will soon be released in Germany's most densely populated state, the first time in nearly three centuries that these bison — known as wisents — will roam freely in ...

For 15 years, scientists have puzzled over the results of genetic tests from European bison remains that date back to the last ice age. The DNA found in the bones and teeth of many animals contain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.