Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health.

Cows have been domesticated for over 10,000 years. They’re cloven-hooved herbivores of the Bovidae family. We use them for ...

and those with four-chambered stomachs, like cows and deer. While chevrotains do have four stomach chambers, one of them (the omasum) is smaller and less developed than in other modern ruminants ...

Yet another theory, this one covered by Live Science, says cows hit the ground to help ease discomfort in their four-chambered stomachs brought on by the drop in atmospheric pressure before a storm.

I cover food and agribusiness and have a special interest in sustainable supply chains, food safety and quality, as well emerging players and trends in the food industry. A background in forestry ...

Jeff Bezos has invested $9.4 million through the Bezos Earth Fund into developing a vaccine aimed at reducing methane emissions from cows. This innovative approach could revolutionize livestock ...

Why do cows belch up so much methane? The answer lies in their unique anatomy. Cattle are ruminants, a type of mammal that has four stomach chambers to help with digesting high-fiber foods.

And most of that comes from cows. A cow is a ruminant, an animal with four chambers in its stomach. The first chamber is called the rumen, which has an enzyme that creates methane as a byproduct ...

He said when cows consume food, it enters the first stomach, called the rumen ... they put the cows in respiratory chambers connected to a computer system that tracked gases coming from the ...

He said when cows consume food, it enters the first stomach, called the rumen ... they put the cows in respiratory chambers connected to a computer system that tracked gases coming from the animals.