A Cornish pig farmer is pressing for more efforts to preserve rare breeds as a report raises concerns about their ...

Two of the UK’s most cherished native sheep breeds - the Manx Loaghtan and the Leicester Longwool - have been escalated to ...

It's 30 years since the damage from free-roaming sheep first became apparent. Rising awareness of the climate and ...

With their big eyes and soft fluffy fleece, it’s no wonder that lambs and sheep often appear in nursery rhymes and decorate ...

From heat to invasive species, hardy heritage animal breeds can handle weather extremes that commercial breeds would be ...

Although there is no evidence that the European bison (Bison bonasus), known as wisent, ever roamed the islands of the United ...

Dog owners are being told to act responsibly this Easter by keeping their pets on leads while visiting the countryside, to ...

Whether driven by morbid curiosity or in pursuit of offspring with desirable characteristics, humans have selectively bred ...

Captive breeding program initiated to save declining Toda buffalo population in Nilgiris, with focus on genetic makeup and ...

Related to Australia's famous wild dog, the dingo, the Australian Cattle Dog is also ... This lanky French herding dog was ...

What makes a dog breed go extinct? Some are mated out, completely turned into new types of dogs to fit the fashion or function of the day. Others are wiped away by predators (humans included) or ...

“If they're already weak going into the winter, then it can make it more likely that that disease is going to take them down.” A domestic goat was also found with the wild sheep, which could have ...