A New Zealand cyclist competing in Europe's Giro d'Italia had a near brush with disaster when a stray goat collided with his leg and back wheel -- and the moment was caught on camera.

The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the subject of jokes aimed at Kiwis. It’s true: The country is one of a handful in the world that ...

Pigs can figure out how to open gates. Pigs have been called mud-wallowers. That’s because they have no sweat glands, and they like to wallow in mud to stay cool. Their skin is prone to sunburn, so ...

With a population of 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, there are about 4.5 sheep for each New Zealander, the ...

It’s BYOS — bring your own sheep — to a May 10-11 workshop that might just help grow Arkansas’ wool fiber market. Wool is ...

New stats show New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But that could change - There are around 4.5 sheep per person in ...

New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people, but the human population is catching up, according to official figures. The vast number of sheep in New Zealand ...