As a precaution, cattle and bison are kept from interacting for at least 45 days. Transmission occurs mainly through direct contact with birthing matter, but state and federal officials have ...

For 17 years Rick Wallen was the team leader of Yellowstone National Park’s bison ecology program. He retired six years ago ...

The legend dictates that the birth of a white bison is a sign that the White Buffalo Calf Woman is hearing her people’s prayers and that good fortune is on the horizon. Back in May, the Bear ...

The birth of the first bison conceived on the site of a groundbreaking rewilding scheme has been announced. This takes the number of animals in the herd near Canterbury, Kent, to six. A calf born ...

Her surprise birth was discovered in September 2022 by head bison ranger Tom Gibbs, shortly after two young females had arrived from Ireland along with an older matriarch from Scotland.

A female's gestation period lasts 285 to 300 days, after which she gives birth to one calf (or, rarely, two), which is weaned after five or six months. LIFE CYCLE: Bison reach sexual maturity at two ...