And while the aurochs may be gone, their descendants survive today in the millions, but as domesticated cattle. Surprisingly, in some remote corners of Europe, there are some “primitive” breeds of ...

The Taurus Program, a partnership of ecologists, geneticists, historians and cattle breeders backed by Stichting Taurus, a Dutch nonprofit, is seeking to re-create the aurochs – depicted in ...

On the 12 th of February, the Year of the Ox begins. Let’s call it the Year of the Aurochs (Bos primigenius): primordial oxen, the ancestors of cows. They carved paths through the woodlands and ...

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