Sheep named Shaun nearly blinded by the wool over its eyes. — -- Farmers in the wilds of Australia have found what they believe is the world’s wooliest sheep. The fluffy 6-year-old sheep, ...

TASMANIA -- Farmers in the wilds of Australia have found what they believe is the world's wooliest sheep. The fluffy 6-year-old sheep, nicknamed Shaun after the popular "Wallace and Gromit" character, ...

Raising sheep for wool is a fun and satisfying experience. The market for wool and wool-products continues to grow as people are eager to learn skills such as felting, spinning, rug-making, weaving, ...

Wool is always breathable. The air spaces in wool fabric insulate, but also allow moisture to easily pass through. This keeps ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters — and shedding ...

Sheep producers in the Midwest say wool prices have been dismal for decades, but in recent years they’ve plummeted. Now producers are looking for new ways to add value to this fiber or drop it all ...

The sheep is now being cared for by the Bird and Mammal Reception Centre in Heusden-Zolder in the Dutch-speaking province of Limburg A Belgian sheep that has not been sheared for five years cannot ...

Young Maggie Barker takes pride in caring for her sheep, and she also gets a big reward when she uses their wool to create homemade comforters. Raising sheep has been the great joy of my life. Who ...

Until now, Rambouillet sheep raised in the Rocky Mountain West have been the stars of the American-made wool movement. But they’re facing new competition from the American bison. Philadelphia-based ...