A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent ...

Sometimes, answering a long-standing problem is a matter of finding a new perspective. Take methane from cows: For years, people have been trying to eliminate the gas from cow burps in an attempt to ...

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 ...

Methane is a major contributor to global heating, and cows produce a lot of it. There may, however, be a way to reduce all that gas: seaweed. On a research farm at the University of New Hampshire, ...

Cows are famous for belching methane, a heat-trapping gas that’s contributing to climate change. A single animal can burp 220 pounds of the gas in just one year. What’s more, methane is 28 times more ...

A start-up has developed a vaccine that cuts methane emissions from cow burps, with plans for a commercial launch within three years. Cattle produce methane as a byproduct of fermenting grasses and ...

The dairy industry might not seem like a major climate villain, but it's responsible for about 4% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, most of that from cow burps. That's right: when ...

Cow burps are a major source of methane, a greenhouse gas. Lumen Bioscience developed an enzyme to reduce methane in cows, like how Beano reduces gas in humans. McDonald’s Studies Cow Burps to Cut ...

A species of fungus found in soil can be fed to cows to cut down on the potent greenhouse gas methane in their burps. “It’s a fungal soup,” says Matthew Callaghan at Roam Agricultural, a startup in ...

Researchers are exploring a new way to feed dairy cows that could help cut down on methane emissions while improving digestion. The new feed supplement, made from flaxseed and pea protein, may offer a ...