More than 30 dog breeds, including some popular herding breeds, originated in the United Kingdom, according to Purina. From ...

A new project by the National Sheep Association (NSA) is investigating whether advanced technology can identify a sheep’s breed, age and ...

"Some native breeds in Scotland are becoming ever rarer, and I'm mad about my conservation," she said. "We started to look for rare breed of sheep that were native specifically to this corner of ...

Like the dog and horse breeds that also share the same name, the Shetland sheep were named for the Shetland Islands, a small ...

One of the oldest breeds in the United States, these sheep with a funny name developed from the original sheep brought by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. It’s named for the first non-native settlers ...

However, in most places, the small, slow-growing sheep eventually made way for breeds better suited to large-scale, commercial farming such as Cheviots and Leicesters. But not on North Ronaldsay.

Rare sheep with roots on a remote Scottish island are gaining a valuable foothold in Norfolk - helped by a family determined to save the breed from extinction. Suzannah Long and her mother Kerry ...

"Some native breeds in Scotland are becoming ever rarer, and I'm mad about my conservation," she said. ... "So you're not trying to raise a breed of sheep that isn't suited to where you are from.

"Some native breeds in Scotland are becoming ever rarer, and I'm mad about my conservation," she said. ... "So you're not trying to raise a breed of sheep that isn't suited to where you are from.