All we know for certain is that cattle came from aurochs, their larger, fiercer, extinct wild ancestor. In a new study of ancient aurochs genomes published in Nature, Sinding and other researchers ...

More than a thousand cattle breeds found around the world can all be traced back to a common ancestor: the aurochs. Today, the scale of the dairy and beef industries has far-reaching consequences for ...

Canada knew that Nazi Germany was trying to bring back primordial animals, but they didn't know the full, twisted extent of the scheme This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article ...

But sometimes an enormous tusk would spill out and clatter onto the deck, or the remains of an aurochs, woolly rhino, or other extinct beast. The fishermen were disturbed by these hints that ...

We do have cattle that help with conservation and they do lots of good things, but we haven’t had a herd living like this for a long time - probably since we lost the aurochs in the first place.” ...