These sheep are well-regarded for their ability to flourish on minimal feed, fast maturation, and high lambing frequency.

The Deccani sheep, essential to rural communities in India, face extinction as half of the indigenous wool produced is ...

My friend Drew Locke is a seventh-generation farmer in Truro. He’s always trying new things — partly because he’s curious and ...

Randy Stitzel carries on a family legacy started in 1896. Alongside his sons, Randy shears over 7,000 sheep every year. With ...

The determined sheep had completely taken over Mountain Drive in Santa Barbara, presenting residents with an abnormal traffic ...

Known as the "Ferrari" of sheep, Ladoums are showcased in one of the country’s most celebrated annual events, competing across three categories: adult male, adult female, and young/promising ...

Kim Harrison weaves some cloth at Ruxville Farm Friday, February 18, 2022. Harrison raises merino sheep for their wool, which she uses to weave cloth and make into clothing items.

The course of Lyle McNeal's life changed in 1972. Then a professor in California Polytechnic State University's Animal ...

I've hiked hundreds of miles in Merino socks and I'm a huge fan, but this super soft wool isn't always necessarily the best material for the job. The post Are Merino wool hiking socks worth the ...

Called the Salish wool dog, this spitz breed was isolated on islets off the coast to ensure that other dog breeds didn’t dilute the bloodline. People would canoe over to the dogs to feed them a ...

She wants to speak up for wool growers who are looking after our native Irish rare breed — the Galway. The Galway doesn't mean it's a breed of sheep from Galway, it's a native Irish breed that ...