One of the most distinctive differences between sheep and goats is their coat type. Most sheep have thick wool coats and need to be sheared every year to prevent them from overheating during the ...

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

County fairs are a little like beauty pageants for animals. The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped the course of their evolution. When I moved to Minnesota from Denver ...

We may picture tool-using primates or puzzle-solving crows. But my recent research suggests that sheep, goats and alpacas—staples of the barnyard—deserve more credit. In two separate studies ...