Bovine microbes might be able to break down hard-to-process plastic waste, new research suggests. Matt Alderton is a journalist who covers climate and environment issues, renewable energy, clean ...

An April 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) displays a video of a person reaching into a porthole-like device in a cow's side. "What A Sick World we live in," reads the text overlaid on top ...

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 ...

Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals with four compartments in their digestive system that let them re-chew and ...

North Country officials and small business owners are concerned about the potential impacts of reduced hours at northern border crossings; Scientists are analyzing cow digestion to see how they could ...