Five month-old male Nigerian dwarf goats and two African pygmy hedgehogs are the latest additions to Randall Oaks Zoo in West Dundee as the public facility opens for the 2022 season. Zoo curator Sara ...

SHELL ROCK, Iowa — It's that time of year when Pat Blank's kids are big enough to leave home. When she and her husband, Terry, were first married, Blank thought she might like to get some goats. "We ...

Twin sisters Cameron and Amber Okey led their pygmy goats Challenger and Artie around their Lake Township pasture last week in preparation for the Stark County Fair. The goats sometimes walked easily ...

Scientific name & origin: Capra aegagrus hircus, originally the Cameroon (West African) dwarf goat, brought to Europe and the US mid-20th century and recognized as a West Africa derived African dairy ...

Andrea Johnson had 40 acres and a lot of brush. On the hunt for brush eaters, she tried goat’s milk for the first time. “At that moment, I could care less about brush eaters. I just wanted to start ...