Scientists can have an inside look at the digestive system by studying very special cows. Follow a University of Idaho scientist as he explains how cows digest their food by opening a unique portal ...

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 ...

Portia is a cow at Tufts university. She has been living with a large hole in her stomach since 2002. It looks life-threatening, but it's not. The hole was put there on purpose so scientists can study ...

A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

When it comes to breaking down plant matter and converting it to energy, the cow has it all figured out. Its digestive system allows it to eat more than 150 pounds of plant matter every day. Now ...

Most of the industrialized nations of the world have agreed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases coming from power plants and factories. But in New Zealand, one-third of these warming gases come ...