sheep

'Sister Clones' Of Dolly The Sheep Are Alive And Kicking

6:13pm July 26, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Dolly, the first cloned mammal, had early arthritis and died young, raising concerns that clones age prematurely. But a study confirms the sheep's four sister clones are healthy and aging well.

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The village of Funningur is one of the scenic delights of the Faroe Islands. The archipelago's tourist board has a campaign for better Google Street View mapping called SheepView 360.

'Sheep View' Campaign Calls On Google To Photograph Roads In Faroe Islands

8:23pm July 15, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Faroe Islands tourism board launched a campaign called Sheep View 360, shot by attaching cameras to some of the archipelago's many sheep.

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Road Flock: Sheep Help Police End Car Chase In New Zealand

3:56pm January 22, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The flock of more than 150 sheep blocked a road, doing what road spikes couldn't and bringing a 90-minute chase to an end.

Lily chases sheep for the first time in her shepherd-mix life, at Raspberry Ridge Sheep Farm in eastern Pennsylvania. Several times a year the farm invites dogs for "herding instinct tests."

Do City Dogs Dream Of Chasing Country Sheep?

6:49pm September 16, 2015

by Fred Mogul

Many people spend summertime in the great outdoors, enjoying simpler living. Reporter Fred Mogul took his city dog to a farm in Pennsylvania to see if she might enjoy exploring her shepherding roots.

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BEFORE: In this photo provided by the RSPCA/Australian Capital Territory, Chris the sheep is prepared to be shorn in Canberra.

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Woolly Mammoth: Shearer Saves Hugely Overgrown Sheep

4:59pm September 03, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A sheep found in the wild in Australia had to undergo emergency shearing — 89 pounds, 3 ounces of wool was cut away. The sheep's weight reportedly dropped by half.

These sheep in England chose an ill-advised napping spot as the Google Street View van drove through town.

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The Blog Ewe Didn't Know Ewe Needed: Google Sheep View

3:17pm July 08, 2015

by Paige Pfleger

It's the year of the sheep, so it follows that a new blog would celebrate the woolly four-legged creatures. Readers submit sheep spottings from around the world, with the help of Google Street View.

The photographer thought it was a goat. The photo editor thought it was a goat. Sure looked like a goat to the author of this post. It turns out to be a sheep, in Dakar, Senegal.

Is This A Goat Or A Sheep? It's Harder Than You Think

7:03am December 21, 2014

by Marc Silver

True confession: Our editors mistook a sheep for a goat. Now we've learned a lot about how cool sheep really are. Maybe our blog should be ... "Sheep and Soda?"