The herd started with 10 bison in 2015 and the program has grown to where it can produce 25 to 30 calves annually to give to Native American tribes.

The birth of the calf in June may be due to a “natural genetic legacy” present in Yellowstone’s bison. The wild bison population in Yellowstone has slowly been rebuilt, the park service said.

To the several tribes who revere American bison, the calf’s appearance was both the fulfillment of sacred 2,000-year-old Lakota prophecy and a message.

Bison calves represent one of nature’s most impressive examples of precocial animals—those born in an advanced state of development. Unlike many mammals that require days or weeks before they can ...

New bison calves on Colville reservation reconnect tribes to culture and ecosystem. Tribal leaders see it as a healing process for past traumas.

Environment Bison calves step onto Colville reservation, marking cultural revival The Colville Confederated Tribes released the first 30 head of bison near Buffalo Lake in the fall of 2023.

A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff.

CHICAGO (AP) — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff.

A bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom. Video of the birth inside the Illinois aquarium shows the 35-pound calf ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff. The dolphin ...