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 ...

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 ...

While completing her postdoctoral research across the Tasman, Dr Amelia Almeida helped lead a study that reshaped how ...

Researchers are testing a new type of cattle feed that could help dairy cows release less methane gas from burps and flatulence and use nutrients more efficiently. Because methane traps heat in the ...

Backed by a fresh $15-million Series A led by SOSV, Raleigh-based Hoofprint Biome has developed an enzyme-based feed additive that tackles methane emissions at the source: the cow’s stomach.

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 ...

We might brew a cup of herbal tea when we have an upset stomach. Now, it seems that beef cattle could also benefit from herbs—lemongrass, in particular—in their feed, cutting back on burps rich in ...

The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane — a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon ...

If you thought cow farts were bad for the environment, wait till you hear about cow burps. Cow burps might sound udderly harmless until you realize they pump out 10 percent of global greenhouse gas ...