What do you get when you paint a pair of eyes on a cow’s butt? The answer: a cost-effective approach to scaring predators away. The promise of this simple trick, called the “i-cow” solution, has been ...

A four-year study revealed how painting eyes on the backsides of livestock can protect them from attack. Photo: Courtesy. What if an animal looks, moos and munches like a cow but struts around like a ...

An ambitious project of painting spots that resemble eyes on the backside of cattle to scare predators has been rolled out in villages bordering Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. The new ...

Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (All images courtesy of UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) A joint study ...

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For four years, researchers painted fake eyes on hundreds of cattle butts for the sake of science. What seems like a silly prank, the “eye-cow technique” proved lifesaving for the animals as it made ...

It’s not a practical solution, in fact, it would be tedious, but painting cows to look like zebras may protect them from fly bites. That is all according to a Japanese study that took six cows with ...