MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

Deborah Meaden met her husband Paul in the 1980s after he began working at her family business and have been married for three decades.

According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans... A sheep farmer based in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan has created an anonymous ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

DNA Analysis of Sheep Bones Reveal Early Farmers Selectively Bred Sheep for Pristine Coats Ancient DNA analysis has shed new ...

In one dramatic moment, a 70-foot-long net dropped, and about 20 bighorn sheep were captured, much to their surprise.

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Infertile rams and older ewes exhibiting poorer reproductive performance have been given as some of the reasons for the lower numbers in litter sizes in the early lambing flocks this year. The ...

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact ...

Cosmos Magazine reports that analysis of DNA samples taken from 118 sheep bones unearthed at archaeological sites in Europe ...