Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of cows in an alpine pasture above La Clusaz, France. (Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images) (AFP via Getty Images) When a cow ...

When my daughter was ten years old, I dared her to put her hand in the stomach of a fistulated cow–hoping she would overcome the ick factor and learn something about cow digestion. If you have never ...

The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it's responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That's right: when ...

Cow burps are a major source of methane, a greenhouse gas. Lumen Bioscience developed an enzyme to reduce methane in cows, like how Beano reduces gas in humans. McDonald’s Studies Cow Burps to Cut ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Researchers in California are working to genetically engineer the cow microbiome — and in the process, eliminate methane emissions. DAVIS, Calif. — Sushi, a four-week-old Holstein calf, was lying in a ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — To say that cattle have a complex stomach is a major understatement. They have four separate compartments in their stomachs that allows them to break down grass and grains, and ...

Belching – not flatulence – is the major cause of methane produced by the world’s cows and a Seattle-based company has just won $1.5 million to test a product to make cows burp less. Both ends of a ...

Backed by a fresh $15-million Series A led by SOSV, Raleigh-based Hoofprint Biome has developed an enzyme-based feed additive that tackles methane emissions at the source: the cow’s stomach.

Cows, much like humans, communicate through the sounds they make. New research will attempt to understand what these noises mean. This understanding could be used to improve animal welfare. While beef ...