When we think about intelligent animals, farm species aren’t usually the first to spring to mind. We may picture tool-using ...

Some operations in the United States raise sheep and goats in similar intensive conditions as other farmed animals. The vast majority of sheep undergo the painful mutilations of having their tails cut ...

Following timeworn paths through the Zagros, allotted by custom to their tribe and clan, they would travel with around five horses, ten donkeys and mules, and hundreds of goats and sheep.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service sheep and goat program specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science, San Angelo. “Sheep and goats both have fairly seasonal ...

Life sciences teacher Kim Law gave instructions to 9-year-old Kendall Cass, who was about to take a snake out of a cage: “Not around your neck with the big one.” Hoggard Math & Science Magnet ...

But my recent research suggests that sheep, goats and alpacas – staples of the barnyard – deserve more credit. In two separate studies, I tested how these animals learn, remember and make ...