Spring flowers are opening sooner and songbirds breeding earlier in the year, but scientists know little about how climate change is affecting phenology -- the timing of key biological events -- in UK ...

With no passports, ear tagging or other mundane jobs such as castration and worming, the wild cattle of Northumberland will appeal to many Farmers Weekly readers. The fact that they really are wild – ...

White animals have long commanded a special place in history and culture, believes vet Dr John Fletcher. He cites examples ranging from Alice and the White Rabbit to Captain Ahab and his pursuit of ...

The Chillingham herd is the only one in the world to remain undomesticated. The cattle still roam their natural surroundings in Chillingham Park, Northumberland. Though their origin is uncertain, the ...

The blast furnaces that powered the Industrial Revolution had only just begun belching clouds of carbon into the sky when, in 1860, Charles Darwin encouraged a Victorian nobleman to maintain accurate ...

Richard Marsh is prepared for winter snows and his charges, a herd of 100 rare Chillingham wild cattle, are ready too. They have been weathering winters in the 360 acre Chillingham Castle park in ...

Q: When the foot-and-mouth epidemic hit Northumberland, the media said that the wild white cattle of Chillingham were seriously at risk. It was never said subsequently whether or not these animals ...

LONDON, Jan. 17 -- Inbreeding is often equated with unhealthy offspring, but a new gene study suggests it can also create perfectly healthy new breeds -- in the long run. A research team led by Peter ...

An ancient breed of cattle with red ears which was on the verge of dying out is thriving again. Wild Chillingham Cattle, which have white skin and red ears, have lived for more than 800 years near ...

Ellie Crossley is scarred for life. Growing up in the Dorset countryside, she and her parents became fond of a stag which would force its way round a fence and scamper into their garden. It would roam ...

Spring flowers are opening sooner and songbirds breeding earlier in the year, but scientists know little about how climate change is affecting phenology – the timing of key biological events – in UK ...