Livestock form the backbone of food production across much of the world. The video examines six farm animals with the largest populations and the countries where they are most commonly raised.

As Hurricane Milton was fast-approaching, Sara Weldon and her husband, Rick Bass, made a decision: They would not leave their animals. The couple — who live on a small farm in Clermont, Fla., between ...

Cows and pigs produce a large share of planet-warming methane. A new tax is part of a plan to clean that up. Denmark is home to five times as many pigs and cattle as people. A dairy farm in Slagelse, ...

Congress is looking to roll back state animal welfare laws as it wrangles over reauthorization of the federal farm bill.