Russia's bison back after an age on ice.

The Australian

A HERD of bison is to be flown from western Canada to far-eastern Russia next month, more than 5000 years after they died out in the region.

The first 30 animals from Elk Island National Park in Alberta will take a 15-hour flight on a cargo plane to the republic of Yakutia, 8000km east of Moscow, as part of a plan to establish an ice age wildlife park.