LANCEFIELD, Australia - Rescuers in Australia saved an abandoned sheep who was weighed down with an astonishing 78 pounds of matted wool. Edgar's Mission, an animal sanctuary near Melbourne, came to ...

Take a moment to drink in the glory of Shrek the Sheep. Shrek really, really, really did not like getting his hair cut. So for six years, this New Zealand libertarian managed to avoid spring shearings ...

FRIENDS and enemies will be buying tickets for the right to to shear the head of wool industry identity Jim Michell when he ...

Wool once made up nearly all of England’s export earnings. In medieval times money from the trade helped build towns and ...

Breeding programme gives sheep a new hairstyle. You have full access to this article via your institution. American farmers are breeding wool-free sheep to bring down the cost of meat production.

Fashion's almost forgotten fabric is on the way back as fleece prices enjoy record rises. British wool's value plummeted during the 1970s and 80s with the introduction of many manufactured materials ...

Shaun the Sheep has returned as ambassador to the Campaign for Wool and British Wool, marking the start of a 3-year consumer awareness campaign. Just over ten years ago, the first collaboration ...

It is not unusual for Pam Ahern to receive phone calls at all hours about distressed or injured farmed animals, but this call was a little different. Alex the sheep was found in a dire state with 40 ...