Farmers say they fear bluetongue cases are higher than official figures and are dreading more cases.
After people spend enough time with others, they begin to recognize familiar faces. On the other hand, scientists have always wondered whether certain animals could do the same. Although this type of ...
Classical scrapie is a degenerative prion disease found in sheep and goats. While a significant concern for livestock, it's ...
Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health and productivity. Scientists have mapped which genes are turned on and off in the different tissues ...
Seven sheep in total escaped the slaughterhouse, with several animals ending up near a Dunkin Donuts and Sealy Mattress store in Paterson, New Jersey, before their rescue Kimberlee Speakman is a ...
Mapping the ancestry of sheep over the past 11,000 years has revealed that our woolly friends are stars among domestic animals, boasting vast genetic diversity and substantial prospects for continued ...
A study of ancient bones shows that Early Neolithic sheep-breeders were faced with high levels of mortality among young animals in their herds. A statistical model, partly developed at ...
Nonhuman animals of all varieties must live and thrive in an increasingly human-dominated world. Much of their time is spent trying to tell us what they want and need from us―but how can we listen?