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Just when you thought cows could do it all.
farms

The Oregon Creamery Making Vodka From Milk

“It's a tribute to the cows.”
Luke Fater March 19, 2020
Please respect the residents.
Oxford, England

Port Meadow

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.
"Hey! Buttercup and Susie here. We're hungry."
science

An Australian Researcher Is Linking Cow Moos and Moods

Their individual voices help them as a herd.
Isaac Schultz January 10, 2020
Alfonso Hernández Saguero with his shepherd's crook.
food

The Last Goatherd in Hell

Alfonso Hernández Saguero is preserving an ancient way of life and its cherished foods.
Lauren Schenkman September 25, 2019
Extracting a sample from its liquid nitrogen.
genetics

How Scientists Safeguard Almost a Million Vials of Frozen Animal Semen

It involves tiny straws and a whole lot of liquid nitrogen.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 6, 2019
Pounds for wayward livestock—like this one in Foster, Rhode Island—were considered so essential that communities were legally required to build them.
walls

New England Is Riddled With These Mysterious Stone Enclosures

They’re town pounds—forgotten livestock pens that played a key civic role in colonial life.
Johnna Kaplan September 5, 2019
The route winds though stunning Scottish scenery.
Strathcarron, Scotland

Applecross Pass

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.
Poncho and his family mug for the camera.
world record

Meet Poncho, the Steer Whose Nearly 11-Foot Horns Just Set a World Record

It's a major turnaround from the longhorn's close call with extinction a century ago.
Abbey Perreault June 24, 2019
Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes.
Berlin, Germany

Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.
Pantaneiros are rounded up to be returned to the farm for milking and health checks in Aquidauana, Brazil.
genetics

The Endangered Cow Being Saved by Cheese

Bovine researchers believe the world needs the only cow adapted to the largest tropical wetlands.
Sarah Brown June 10, 2019
Sportsmanship.
Henderson, Texas

Rusk County Youth Expo Center

Your one-stop-shop for antique tractor shows and emotional paintings of children championing livestock.
Richard Ligon's map of Barbados, perfect for a round of livestock-themed "I Spy."
islands

Solved: The 300-Year-Old Mystery of Barbados's Pigs

Spoiler alert: They were probably peccaries.
Reina Gattuso May 31, 2019
A feral pig messes with the nest of a white-capped albatross on Auckland Island.
islands

The Livestock Living at the End of the World

Things get hairy when you plop pigs on a subantarctic island.
Abbey Perreault May 17, 2019
A man with a pack camel in central Australia, 1926.
deserts

Australia's Growing Camel Meat Trade Reveals a Hidden History of Early Muslim Migrants

Afghan cameleers helped settle Australia's interior.
Reina Gattuso May 16, 2019
Cinnamon has a very catholic palate.
parks

The Elite, Poison Ivy–Munching Goats Taking on New York's Invasive Weeds

There's a benefit to being able to eat almost anything.
Matthew Taub May 8, 2019
Luther Burbank (and his hat) among the cacti.
food

The Thorny Tale of America's Favorite Botanist and His Spineless Cacti

Luther Burbank dreamed of deserts filled with cow food.
Anne Ewbank April 24, 2019
Halle (Saale), Germany

Museum of Livestock Science

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.
You should probably make this ridiculously stunning Grauvieh picture the background of whatever device you’re reading this article on.
food

Around the World in 105 Cows

A book of bovine beauty shots seeks to revive the human-cattle bond.
Abbey Perreault April 3, 2019