Rameses, a Dorset ram, serves as the live mascot at UNC football games. WUNC reporter and Tar Heel super fan Will Michaels tagged along for the recent game against Duke.

UNC said the "wife" of Rameses, Stella, gave birth to the new lambs in late March. The Tar Heels (32-6) are the only No. 1 seed to reach the Final Four in Houston, and will play Syracuse (23-13 ...

UNC-Chapel Hill announced a new Rameses has “ascended the throne.” Meet Otis, the 9-month-old Horned Dorset ram who didn’t actually like people much to start.

On a typical day, UNC’s beloved mascot, Rameses, spends much of his time lying in the shade in a barn. He is not much of a roamer — despite the fact that he lives on 20 acres of land — and ...

Rameses XXI is retiring after nearly a decade as UNC’s mascot, the university announced Thursday. Who will replace him? Otis, a 9-month-old Dorset Horn from northern Virginia who used to “not ...