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BISON ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
In 1993, a few bison were introduced to America's dying grasslands. Now, thousands of those beasts, once hunted to near extinction, are helping bring the prairie ecosystem back to life- This giant animal once vanished from Britain 6,000 years ago. Now it is back as a ‘forest engineer’
- Nearly 200 years after bison were hunted to extinction in northern Mexico, 47 were reintroduced in 2025, and are now helping prevent wildfires and regenerate their lost ecosystem
- In the 1980s, Dutch ecologists released cattle, horses, and deer into a fenced polder to recreate “wild Europe”; in one winter, its herds collapsedOostvaardersplassen's ambitious rewilding project sought to revive Europe’s ecological history with the introduction of tough native specie...30 Jul, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
- A couple gave up on a failing Sussex farm, pulled out the fences and let 3,500 acres go feral; it became the template for British rewildingA British farm, once burdened by debt, became a successful rewilding project. Free-roaming herbivores were introduced to restore the land's...23 Jul, 2026, 04.52 PM IST
- 'Game of Thrones' dire wolves return after 12,000 years: How researchers brought them backColossal Biosciences has achieved a scientific breakthrough by breeding three wolf pups resembling the extinct dire wolves. Born in a seclu...08 Apr, 2025, 08.48 AM IST
- Dire Wolves Return: Meet Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in 13,000 yearsDire Wolves back from Extinction: Three pups bearing the traits of long-extinct dire wolves have been born in a US sanctuary, marking the w...08 Apr, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
- 2019: More bird mysteries unravelled as warming hit avian flightRevelations that bird species across the world are shrinking in size, and that the North American continent has lost a quarter of its avian...31 Dec, 2019, 02.50 PM IST
- Three of India's natural world heritage sites face threat from harmful activity: WWFIndia's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing th...12 Apr, 2016, 05.09 PM IST
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