In Indonesia, cattle are not just cattle. The large island-nation houses a variety of different breeds, locally preferred for their unique set of physical attributes and strongly linked to culture and ...

It took thousands of years to develop the world’s extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals – an estimated 8,800 livestock breeds across 38 farmed species. But this diversity is dwindling fast.

Farmers in rural areas believe that they will make more money through livestock rearing by simply shifting from low-producing indigenous breeds to exotic ones. This however, has not worked very well ...

For generations, cattle have roamed Chirikof Island, a remote island in the western Gulf of Alaska where human management became almost irrelevant to their survival. Cut off from the mainland and ...

After four generations of selection, Huaxi cattle received national approval as a new breed in December 2021, resolving China ...