Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says Share Print Bighorn sheep in Glacier National Park in this undated photo.

The edited sheep contains no foreign DNA, distinguishing it from transgenic organisms and paving the way for regulatory approval under India's evolving biotech policy framework ...

Montana rancher Arthur "Jack" Schubarth, 81, succeeded in cloning a wild Marco Polo argali sheep, the world's largest ovine species. That achievement cost him six months in jail.

Federal prosecutors say a Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep that were killed by hunters in central Asia and the US to breed “giant” sheep hybrids for sale to ...

Court documents describe a yearslong conspiracy, beginning in 2013, in which Schubarth and at least five other people sought to create “giant sheep hybrids” by cross-breeding different species.

Take Shrek, for example, a merino sheep in New Zealand who became a global celebrity in 2005. After escaping his flock, he lived alone for six years until he emerged, weighed down under 60 pounds ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, Zhejiang A&F University has announced the successful breeding of huyang, or lake sheep, at an altitude of 4,600 meters in Nagchu, Xizang autonomous region.