Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian ...

Ear tags are a rather common phenomenon on farms, mostly on dairy cattle. Gone are the days when cows were referred to by names such as ‘Njoki’. Today, recordkeeping is a critical aspect of running a ...

A visualization of Tiktaalik roseae, an extinct aquatic animal with fossils that shed light on the evolution of land animals from marine animals millions of years ago. Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Over 390 million years ago, the ancestors of modern land ...

Last week, 55 groups from across the United States sent a letter to key Congressional committees asking them to halt funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and to keep it ...