Culturally attuned as we are to drinking good old-fashioned cow’s milk, a nice cold glass of horse milk probably doesn’t appeal. However, a new study by Polish scientists has found that the equine ...

Would you ever try dog milk? Cockroach milk? What about...cow milk? The world of milks is much wider than you might think— ...

Cockroach milk may not be available today, but scientists are convinced it may be the key to ending world hunger.

A chemical analysis of pottery feeding vessels from the Bronze and Iron Ages suggests prehistoric European babies and toddlers had diets supplemented with, and possibly replaced by, animal milk, in ...

While both animal and plant-based milks benefit gut health, animal milk shows superior support for beneficial bacteria, raising important questions for dietary choices. Review: Substitutive Effects of ...

You might be surprised to see someone walking around the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in a full-body snowsuit, but nutrition laboratory research assistant Jenna Pastel wears a snowsuit year-round. She ...

Ali the Aardvark gets cozy as baby Winsol nurses at the Cincinnati Zoo. Ali is one of hundreds of animals whose milk samples are sent to the Smithsonian National Zoo’s milk repository for scientific ...

A new study shows that infants in Bronze and Iron Age communities were fed milk using feeding vessels of clay. This report, appearing on September 25, 2019, in the journal Nature, shows the important ...

Another advantage of goats is their simpler breeding requirements. Finding a buck or arranging for breeding is far easier ...

Milk is having a moment. From dairy farm influencers and celebrity endorsements to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s professed love of raw milk and that scene in the Nicole Kidman movie Babygirl, milk is making ...