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Charlton, Massachusetts

Charlton Route 20 Cow Tunnel

A 1926 cow tunnel that passes underneath the nation’s longest road.
Durham, England

The ‘Durham Cow’

A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.
Abilene, Kansas

World’s Largest Belt Buckle

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.
Toledo, Iowa

Butter Cow Statue

Bronze sculpture paying homage to Norma “Duffy” Lyon, famous for creating a life-size cow made of butter at the state fair.
Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Bronze Cow

The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
A raseteur makes an acrobatic leap to dodge a bull at the arena in Aigues-Vives.
sports

A Friendlier Form of Bullfighting in the 'Wild West' of France

Straddling sport and spectacle, the <em>course camarguaise</em> puts humans and animals on equal footing.
Alexis Steinman March 28, 2025
Taxidermy two-headed calves are on display inside San Francisco's Two-Headed Calf MOOseum.
taxidermy

Inside the World’s Largest Two-Headed Calf Collection

A San Francisco collector's unlikely herd of taxidermy cows will have you seeing double.
Julie Zigoris March 19, 2025
Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.
At Milovice Nature Reserve in Czechia, tauros cattle have been introduced with other species like horses in a recreated "prehistoric" environment.
science

The Story of the Aurochs Is More Complicated Than We Thought

New research helps us understand how cattle spread across the world.
Andrew Coletti December 12, 2024
The blood Voltaire drank came from a bull on his country estate in Ferney, France, now called Ferney-Voltaire.
science

Why Voltaire Drank Bull’s Blood

Bull’s blood isn’t poisonous; so why did people think it was for centuries?
Andrew Coletti September 5, 2024
The diminutive coquí guajón, or Puerto Rican rock frog, lives in the southeastern part of the island. 
dolphins

7 Stories of the World’s Rarest Animals

And the people trying to save these endangered species.
April White May 17, 2024
Park rangers at Culloden Battlefield have deployed some unusual lawnmowers, such as this Highland cow.
war history

How Highland Cows Are Restoring Culloden Battlefield’s Historic Bog

Heritage breed cattle make quick work of the battlefield’s invasive plant species.
Kinsey Gidick January 4, 2024
Ferndale, California

Champion Cow Graves

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma National Stockyards

The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
A bronze statue of a cow with blanket and flower garland around her neck
Sherborn, Massachusetts

Emily the Cow Statue

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.
Boyds, Maryland

King Barn Dairy MOOseum

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.
A <em>bouquiniste</em>, or traditional seller of vintage and antique books, on the bank of the Seine in Paris in August 2023.
islands

Wonder Is Everywhere: The Island of Cows, a Parisian Bookseller Revolt, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White September 1, 2023
The beautiful, renovated "cow chapel" at the Kruger-Rumpf winery.
architecture

The Beauty and Brilliance of Germany's 'Cow Chapels'

“The shape of the interior feels sacred, but it’s not. It’s where the cows were fed.”
Christie Dietz August 17, 2023