2019年7月24日 · Did you know wood bison weigh about 40 pounds at birth and can start walking hours afterward? They are an orange color for a few weeks and will start growing their horns and develop their characteristic shoulder hump at about two months of age.

The wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), is a distinct northern subspecies or ecotype [5][6][7][8][9][10] of the American bison.

Molly and Mom discover the newest additon to the Shageluk wood bison herd.

With the arrival of the breeding season, the dominant male bison maintain and protect a harem of female bison until they are sexually ready for mating. The female bison generally gives birth to …

2015年4月30日 · It’s a baby wood bison! The wood bison calf — part of a herd reintroduced into the wild in Alaska — was born last week, the first new critter of its type to draw breath in the wild in more ...

2015年5月2日 · Biologists monitoring the new Innoko River wood bison herd got a pleasant surprise last month during an aerial survey of the animals: a bison calf, the first born in the wild in at least 100...

Wood bison have developed specific characteristics to help set them apart from their southern cousins, all which help make them the true largest land mammal in North America, and winter conquerors. Typically, wood bison are slightly larger at the shoulder, with males ranging in size from 2400 – 2800 pounds.

2024年5月31日 · Conservation officials with Fish and Game say this is the first baby wood bison born at UAF Large Animal Research Station and likely the first born in the Lower Tanana River Valley in more than 100 years. Fish and Game is collaborating with UAF in an effort to reintroduce this species back into Interior Alaska.

2016年6月1日 · As a new day dawning with a wood bison calf being born, it was a bittersweet moment for AWCC staff. As the mother cow gave birth, complications occurred causing relentless hemorrhaging.

2024年5月31日 · The first calf, which was born during the night on May 19 or 20 to a 3-year-old cow, is likely the first wood bison born in the Lower Tanana Valley in over 100 years since the other herds in...