Sheep producers need to monitor their flocks for soremouth, a highly contagious viral infection in sheep and humans, North Dakota State University Extension Service sheep specialist Reid Redden says.

Cambridge University researchers have trained eight sheep to recognize faces. LONDON -- Researchers at Cambridge University have trained eight female Welsh mountain sheep to recognize four celebrities ...

After six years on the run from his New Zealand farm, Shrek the Sheep was found hiding in a cave and brought back to civilization in 2004. The merino sheep had grown a 61-pound cloud of wool around ...

The discovery of plague DNA in a 4,000-year-old sheep bone is rewriting the story of one of humanity’s most feared pathogens, revealing that the disease’s early spread depended on animals long before ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The vast ...