Scientists are pioneering a revolutionary approach to combat climate change: genetically engineering cow gut microbes to ...

The main culprit is methane, a greenhouse gas by-product of the fermentation processes in a bovine’s rumen, its largest stomach compartment. Manure and belching account for roughly 32% of ...

Filho uses the tube to extract liquid from Thing One’s rumen – the first stomach compartment containing partially digested food (see graphic). Using the rumen liquid samples, the scientists ...