A heritage sheep breed named at the Great Yorkshire Show 150 years ago takes centre stage at this year’s celebration in Harrogate.

Researchers at SKUAST have achieved India's first gene-edited sheep using CRISPR-Cas9 technology. This breakthrough in animal ...

Learn about heritage breed turkeys and sheep during a workshop at Hunter’s Home, Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

The Beauty of Being Herd at this year’s Brighton Fringe is the tale of a woman who's decided to live as a sheep.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Two native sheep breeds have been classified as 'priority' cases of extinction risk. The Manx Loaghtan and Leicester Longwool have been placed ...

The pair recently had to choose 28 of their 300-strong flock to present for judging in the upcoming Suffolk Show, but still ...

A project organized by Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum tests if sheep can help control invasive buffelgrass and cut wildfire ...

There has been a significant increase in the number of Australian producers using modern genetic techniques to breed sheep. One producer in SA's mid north is using genetics to help manage the ...

Rebecca McLellan is trying to safeguard the future of a rare breed of sheep one scarf at a time. She fell in love with the Castlemilk Moorit and now has her own flock of 18 on the farm where she ...

A rare breed of sheep is at risk of dying out, animal experts have said. The Leicester Longwool has been added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's (RBST) priority category in its latest watchlist ...

For the event today 15 heritage breed sheep owned by shepherdess Melinda Baker were brought to The Downs for grazing in a small pen at the Westbury-on-Trym end of The Downs, with schoolchildren from ...