Alex Birch says his Highland cows have been in his family since the 1970s ...

UK’s Rare Breeds Survival Trust says calf numbers of white park cattle last year were less than two-thirds of 2022 level ...

Britain’s oldest cattle breed has become endangered after numbers fell below 1,000 for the first time in decades.

The only place to see an aurochs in nature these days? A cave painting. The enormous wild cattle that once roamed the European plains have been extinct since 1627, when the last survivor died in a ...

When a species faces imminent extinction captive breeding is often the go-to method to ensure the preservation and bolstering of wild populations. Not only does this aid the recovery of the population ...

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 ...

Cows with the slick gene have sleek, short hair that helps keep them cool. T.A. Olson via the USDA Farmers across the world are breeding cows with a mutation that gives them a higher heat tolerance—an ...