Exposing isolated sheep to photos of other sheep lowers their stress levels, shows a recent study. Researchers suggest the practice could be used to soothe solitary and sick animals and hope the work ...

Dog walkers will face an unlimited fine if their pet worries livestock such as llamas, alpacas and sheep. Peers in the House ...

That's pretty much the four-word summation of a new study looking at what happens when goats and sheep compete for salt licks – naturally occurring deposits of salt – above the tree line in Montana.

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A symbol of the persistent spirit of life in the American West, bighorn sheep have long made their home in the country’s driest desert. Far before white settlers reached Las Vegas, these hearty ...

Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That's bad news for bighorn sheep ...

Sheep and goats are closely related, both having been domesticated and used by humans for fiber, meat and milk for millennia. But they aren’t similar in all ways. One possible difference, newly ...

"And this was it, if you wanna do something, the whole sheep to shawl is like the epitome of what we can do as a team," Lorraine Felker, BAAAhd Girls weaver. This is the group's first time competing ...

The young, healthy animal was shot at least once and left to waste above Big Salmon Road in the vicinity of Partridge Creek.

DILLON, Mont. — A family-owned sheep ranch has put a spin on the “farm-to-table” concept by trademarking a similar slogan — “Sheep to Shelf” — that captures its unusual business model. In 2013, John ...

State biologists called 2023 the worst year in more than a decade for bighorn sheep. State biologists called 2023 the worst year in more than a decade for bighorn sheep. Produced by Andrea Kramar and ...

It isn’t uncommon for our relatives to make us sick – literally. Many families have stories of the infamous holiday everyone came down with a bug inadvertently packed in by visitors. Turns out ...