Cud

Bird flu in cows and goats has raised alarm in the U.S. To date, one person is thought to have caught the virus from cattle, but the risk to the public is low.

"Even a modest skew away from meat-based diets can shrink an individual's carbon footprint as much as 75%"

Unpasteurized milk samples and throat and nose swabs from cows on U.S. dairy farms have tested positive for bird flu, marking the second known cases in ruminants in the U.S.

How can Santa's eight tiny reindeer get all around the world in one night? New research found reindeer might be more rested in the winter months because their brains go into power saving mode while chewing the cud.

The first study to capture brainwaves from reindeer shows that they take small naps throughout the day while chewing

For generations, beef has been the most quintessential of American main courses, and a premium protein around the world

And how do they feel about hiking?

The new animated feature from the creators of Napoleon Dynamite barely manages to clear the low bar it sets for itself

While the animals chew their cud, they also enter a state of rest

More than a third of the heat-trapping gases cooking the planet come from growing and raising farm animals, but millions of cattle, pigs and other animals...

Camels are made for the harsh desert environment. They even have especially tough lips for thorny plants.

A photo of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely shows him holding the carcass of a goat, lamb or other ruminant animal in Patagonia. Social media posts, citing a Vanity Fair article, make the unsupported claim the photo shows a dog carcass in South Korea. The magazine deleted remarks by a veterinarian who said it was a dog.

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions, but removing cattle from our agricultural system isn't easy

Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. But given the nation's taste for them, science strives to make climate-friendlier cows.

Ruminants like cows have developed an unusual way of digesting their food: they ingest plants, give them a rough chewing and then swallow the half-chewed mash before regurgitating it repeatedly and continuing to chew. This has clear advantages, as a research team including the University of Göttingen has shown: the regurgitated mushy food contains much less hard grit, sand and dust than the food that they first…

Nairobi, Sep 16 (IPS) - Hannah Sakamo is worried. She is about to lose yet another goat in less than a month. A pastoralist in Eldepe village, Marigat Sub-County, Baringo County in Kenya's Rift Valley region, her household's lifeline is at stake.

The yak is an imposing animal that lives in one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet: the Himalayas. How can it withstand the extreme cold? The post The yak is an imposing giant of the high mountains first appeared on EarthSky.

News has emerged in the sector which should be known as Medieval Combat and yet is politely described as yeast fermentation that Novozymes' new Innova Apex and Innova Turbo have arrived on the Innova yeast platform. They are companions to Innova Quantum. Usually, advances in yeast are told in terms of yield, but here's an […]

For the approximately 15.2 million Jewish people in the world, this is a time to celebrate Passover — the festival commemorating the exodus of the