Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurochs, a long-extinct ancestor of all cattle, has returned to Europe — kind of. The ancient species has been resurrecting via a ...

The results of an international study describe the genetic development of the aurochs (Bos primigenius), the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, during and after the Ice Age. The central European ...

A new breed mimicking a centuries-old species is being released in Denmark for the first time. Screengrab from Rewilding Europe’s Facebook post Centuries after the massive ancestor of modern-day ...

MILOVICE, Czech Republic (AP) – Such an animal has not been seen on Czech territory for hundreds of years. A Dutch breeding program has recreated massive bovines closely related to aurochs, once the ...

Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs – the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic ...