It's a high-tech lab that seeks to unlock the secrets of thefuture, but at this time of year the far west suburban campus offersscenes that seem to have drifted in from the distant past.
Bison calves hover near their mothers' sides before venturing outon wobbly legs to prance on the prairie.
It is birthing season at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratorynear Batavia.
"Some people get stressed out during the birthing season -- Ireally like it," said John Plese, Fermilab's chief herdsman. "You cansee how happy they are. They play like puppies."
The bison calves are a rite of spring at Fermilab, as well as asymbol and main attraction in a place where …

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