For this new study, researchers analyzed goat remains dating back to about 1100-900 BCE from a Bronze Age hillfort called ...

New research has revealed that the old Irish goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. The findings suggest that the rare indigenous breed ...

The Old Irish Goat isn’t just part of folklore — it’s genetically linked to goats that lived in Ireland 3,000 years ago. Scientists analyzed ancient remains and discovered that today’s rare breed ...

The expression “old goat”, often applied with more fondness than ire, has some basis in fact – at least as far as the Old Irish Goat is concerned. A new study led by researchers in UCD in ...

A farm is celebrating a baby boom by naming its new arrivals – after cheese. Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall has welcomed rare breed lambs and a lively group of goat kids. The first Bagot goat kids of ...

This is so stinkin' cute.

For decades, goats were the underdogs of livestock farming, mostly raised for home consumption or modest income. Today, ...

The toddler was loving the two baby goats at his parents’ farm. So much so that footage of the three of them sitting together has people joking that they’re a “baby goat sandwich.” If you ask me, what ...

Archaeologists have found that Ireland’s wild goats are direct descendants of those kept by the country’s Bronze Age farmers ...

Texas sheep and goat producers are seeing strong prices this spring as seasonal supply patterns tighten markets while demand remains steady.

Thanks to the arrival of two new babies at an upstate farm, there's hope for a rare and endangered species living in South Carolina.

Spotting a Manx Loaghtan on the mist-shrouded cliffs of the Isle of Man feels like observing a story from ancient mythology ...