Baby Bison Born at Fermilab in Batavia

First bison calf of the season born to herd at Fermilab in Batavia

A familiar sign of spring in the Aurora area, Fermilab has welcomed its first bison calf of the year.

Baby bison born at Fermilab in Batavia

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Fermilab welcomes first baby bison of 2026

There’s a new addition to the American bison herd at Fermilab. The first baby bison of the year was born on Monday, the earliest of an expected 20 calves over the coming weeks. First calf of the season arrived Monday morning “We discovered that sometime in the morning or early evening that the cow had delivered a calf, and both the cow and the calf are doing extremely well,” said Paul Ahckelberg, assistant to the herdsman. Baby bison are typical…