IN regard to Prof. Newton's letter in your issue of the 8th, I beg to state that in restricting the name aurochs to the European bison, I have merely followed the general custom of English zoologists.

I AM glad that Mr. Lydekker accedes (NATURE, May 15, p. 53) to the correction of which I had pointed out the need. But the “vulgar error”—if the Editor will allow me to use a phrase made ...

They lived at the same time as mammoths, bison and humans. Fossil evidence from places such as Formby in the UK shows “9,000-year-old footprints of humans walking along these tidal flats among the ...

Like their bison cousins, aurochs stood their ground to defend against threats rather than fleeing, making them risky to approach. Aurochs were not only massive, but massively successful as a species.

Bison are a major attraction for visitors at Yellowstone National Park. AP Photo/Robert Graves, File. In 2023, the U.S. federal government added US$25 million to “restore wild and healthy ...

Bison can make for exciting sightings in Yellowstone and other parks. But these grazing mammals can prove dangerous if people get too close and agitate them.

An exact replica of a cave painting in Lascaux showing a bison and aurochs facing each other, along with small horses and deer. | Patrick Aventurier/GettyImages Between 17,000 and 12,000 years ago ...

Bison nations today, their income is at least 25% lower than that of all other Indigenous nations in the U.S. WOODS: There were mitigating factors, like access to credit.