Which stories caught the most attention in 2025? From New World screwworm (NWS) to cattle inventory levels and hay ...
UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.
California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...
Multi-agency response team provides updates on One Health approach to New World screwworm; biosecurity and sterile fly ...
Gráinne Hurley and John Maher run an extensive farming system with no tractor, no farm machinery, no sheds, no dehorning, a three-month winter and cattle that “more or less do everything themselves”.
The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has put an emphasis on environmental conservation, and recently shared how Emily Spence, the zoo’s Curator of Africa, traveled to South Africa in August 2025 to help with a ...
Disbudding and dehorning calves is a necessity for both the safety of cattle and their human handlers. But any way you do it, disbudding will cause pain—and there is some evidence that sensitivity at ...
Helena Kuoppala is a senior research technician at the University of Helsinki’s Viikki Research Farm, a 155-hectare working dairy farm located in the heart centre of the Finnish capital. Alongside ...
For decades, rhinos have been the face of poaching. These giant land mammals are notoriously hunted for their horns due to the unfounded belief that consuming their horn may provide some medicinal ...
Oxford University researchers teamed up with others in a collaborative international study seeking to analyze the effects of dehorning rhinos. The study, which was published in Science, revealed that ...