Bison

It’s International Bio-Diversity Day and Poland has around 63k animal and plant species to brag about

The Białowieża Forest is the oldest forest in Europe and spans over 140,000 hectares across Poland and Belarus. It has eleven trees that have been named including the 135 feet tall Dąb Car (Czar Oak). The Polish part of the forest has also been immortalised, tree by tree, to scale in popular video game Minecraft with over 50 billion 1 m³ blocks being used during its mapping. Robert Pastryk/Pixabay

TFN’s Nick Westerby takes a virtual stroll through Poland’s countryside to find out more about the country’s 35,000 species of animals and 28,000 species of plants and fungi.

Herd community: bison herd out east gets boost from new members

The Augustów herd, one of Poland’s youngest, is on the rise and flourishing.

90th anniversary of reintroduction of European bison to Polish forest

New publications and scientific conferences are part of the activities planned by the Białowieża National Park in 2019 to mark the 90th anniversary of the reintroduction of European bison to the Białowieża Forest, in northeastern Poland.

Bison herd to get new home

A new bison enclosure is being built in eastern Poland to showcase the animals.

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