#european bison

[eredhes]

[ID: Painting of two European Bison butting heads shown from the side. They both have winter coats, one has shedded much more than the other. End ID.]

May 2025. 2 hour study from my own photos. Prints available through my Redbubble shop.

[theonethatyoudreamon]

American and european bison

The main key to differentiating them in case you meet one is that if you're in America, it's an American bison and if you're in Europe, it's a European bison. Hope this helps

[wachinyeya]

European bison released in England’s ancient woodland have doubled in number since 2022, and the woodland has gotten healthier since, reviving previously extinct beetle species and increasing sightings of dormice and reptiles. And England isn’t the only European nation getting bison back in business: In the 1920s, there were just 54 European bison after intense hunting over millennia, but thanks to re-wilding efforts there are now around 10,000, mostly in Russia and Belarus. RTBC

[life-on-our-planet]

The European bison came very close to total extinction, but thanks to conservation and rewilding efforts they can again be found across central and western Europe. As far back as the 15th century they were protected from poaching and fed in winter, and as recently as 2022 a wild bison calf was born in the UK for the first time in millennia. ©Wildlife World

[sitting-on-me-bum]

European Bison

Photo by Dmitriy Don, Russia

The 35 Photography Awards

[bovinefigureoftheday]

Bovine figure of the day: Bergland Wood Carving Bison

[im-smart-i-swear]

żubring it up. his name is fuckin, popiwek or something idk

(inspired by @slavicafire's reblog of this post)

[ruxree]

Milena Bielska makes her debut on the BUTCH magazine cover!!

[forystr]

the wisent

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

hi i’m here to fulfil my patriotic obligation and kindly request the European bison 🦬

Ooo yeah, super cool animals!

[snototter]

A female European bison (Bos bonasus) in Białowieza forest, Poland

by Charles Sharp

[eredhes]

[ID: Three paintings of European bison. Image one - Bison is walking to the left with front leg bent midstep, head turned slightly to viewer. Image two - bison walking to the right with head lowered. Image three - bison stood neutrally facing left. End ID.]

May 2025. 1 hour studies from my own photos. Prints available through my Redbubble shop.

[thegreatprinceoftheforest]

European Bison | Ivailo Kolev

[twilightofthesandwiches]

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Bison are often associated with North America, but the wisent (Bison bonasus) is native to Europe. It was driven to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century (it had been extirpated from western Europe for several centuries), but reintroduction efforts began a few decades later.

As with American bison (Bison bison), the wisent is an important keystone species, and its reintroduction stands to benefit the ecosystems it is returning to. As browsers, wisent help keep plant growth in check, and their manure is valuable both for the plant community as well as detritivores and decomposers like various insects, fungi, and microbes. Native large carnivores are generally as scarce as the bison, but in places where wolves and other predators still exist, the bison could be important sources of food.

The hard truth about restoration ecology is that we will never be able to get ecosystems back to how they were before humans so heavily altered them. We can't even necessarily return them to when our impact was much lighter, given all the changes we have made. But if we can at least create pockets of biodiversity with safe travel corridors between them, that will go a long way in at least keeping native wildlife from disappearing entirely. The reintroduction of the wisent in Europe, and the bison in North America, represent important steps in undoing at least a little of the damage done.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Two European bison (Bison bonasus) at dawn on a cold morning, Bialowieza Forest, Bialowieza National Park, Poland. February.

Photographer: Mateusz Piesiak