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 ...

There are basically two types of cattle in the world today. One includes the European and British breeds that descended from the original wild cattle (Bos taurus) of those regions. The other includes ...

Huge wild cattle aurochs are to be brought "back from the dead" after 400 years of European extinction - to rewild the Highlands near Loch Ness. The ambitious rewilding project, launched by Trees for ...

And while the aurochs may be gone, their descendants survive today in the millions, but as domesticated cattle. Surprisingly, in some remote corners of Europe, there are some “primitive” breeds of ...

When you see Burt DeGroot’s cows for the first time, you might feel like you’re visiting a zoo. You’re not that far off. DeGroot, of Snohomish, owns a rare breed of cattle. Ancient white park cattle ...

Rare Welsh cattle with a heritage stretching back more than 1,000 years have been added to a watchlist of native livestock breeds at risk of dying out. The Ancient Cattle of Wales breed has been added ...

Cattle and humans have an intertwined history; people have been raising cattle for meat and hides for thousands of years. After domesticating these animals, people began utilizing milk from cows as an ...