What do you get when you paint a pair of eyes on a cow’s butt? The answer: a cost-effective approach to scaring predators away. The promise of this simple trick, called the “i-cow” solution, has been ...

For four years, researchers painted fake eyes on hundreds of cattle butts for the sake of science. What seems like a silly prank, the “eye-cow technique” proved lifesaving for the animals as it made ...

Cattle herds in the Okavango delta region in Botswana are plagued by attacks by lions and other predators, prompting farmers to retaliate by killing the predators. An alternative nonlethal technique ...

Painting a pair of eyes on the rear of a cow could help protect it from being attacked by lions and leopards, a new study has found. Scientists at the University of New South Wales in Australia, who ...

On the fringes of the wild Okavango Delta World Heritage Site in northern Botswana, keeping cattle is not easy. The region’s farmers often encounter scenes of bloody slaughter in their pastures, ...

No, scientists are not unveiling a new cow-zebra crossbreed, but they are painting cattle with stripes. According to a new study published in peer-review journal PLOS ONE, painting cows with ...

A Farwell artist is creating a conversation piece at an Isabella County farm that is home to reindeer and mini highland cattle. Using acrylic paint and charcoal Friday, Jessie Warner was working on ...