Although manure is a traditional and natural growing medium for psychedelic mushrooms, most mushroom cultivators have moved on to various grains, minerals and pulverized coconut shells, according ...

German artist Werner Härtl, 45, specializes in creating elaborate paintings out of cow dung — which he proudly showcases for fans like a veritable Da Vinci of doo doo.

Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.

Researchers in South Africa have found two new species of psychedelic mushrooms that belong to the genus Psilocybe. ... It also grows on cow manure and is named for the Maluti Mountains of the region.

Scientists say they have discovered an unlikely ally in the race to produce sustainable, efficient hydrogen fuel—cow manure. According to recent research from engineers at the University of ...

Two new species of hallucinogenic fungi have been identified and officially described, joining the ranks of around 140 known types of these psychoactive gilled mushroom.

The cows make perhaps 16 million gallons of manure a year, Greenwood said. Scrapers in the barns regularly push the manure away, and it's pumped to the digester, then separated into solids and ...

California grants climate credits for fuel made from cow manure, but there’s a paradox: The state’s program encourages collection of methane yet promotes natural gas.

A single cow can also produce up to 100 pounds of methane-infused manure each day. More than half of California’s methane emissions come from cattle, due in part to how farms treat cattle manure.

There, bacteria break down the cow manure and food waste, creating biogas, which can then be used for electricity, heat, compressed natural gas and even vehicle fuel. 6.

The poop-to-power calculation is complicated but by one expert estimate, 10 of the cows at barn No. 5 can produce enough bio-gas in a month to run a typical home over the same period.