On the Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda, the Soay sheep may not have any natural predators, but they do have the elements to contend with: a lack of food, brutal weather that can kill off half the ...

The island of Hirta, on the western coast of Scotland, is home to a special breed of sheep. Soay sheep, named after a neighbouring island, are the most primitive breed of domestic sheep and have lived ...

Along with polar icecaps and sandy beaches, sheep on a remote Scottish island are gradually shrinking as a result of global warming, according to a study published today in the journal Science. The ...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield, as part of an international team, have discovered the secret of why dark sheep on a remote Scottish Island are mysteriously declining, seemingly ...

News alert: the sheep of Scotland are shrinking! On Soay Island, off the western coast of Scotland, wild sheep are apparently defying the theory of evolution and progressively getting smaller. Why? In ...

Two vets have renewed their appeal for greater protection for a rare breed of sheep that lives on a remote Scottish archipelago. Soay roam wild on St Kilda and are descended from animals first brought ...

No one knows for sure when or how they got there, but Soay sheep (Ovis aries) arrived on the isolated, wind-swept Scottish island of Soay sometime during the Bronze Age, thousands of years ago. In the ...

Dalesbred, Jacob and Soay ewes were observed with their lambs in the field for 3 months, to record when vocalizations occurred and the subsequent behavioural interactions. Soay ewes bleated and moved ...

Climate change now hits home for tongue twister fans. Shorter, sweeter winters shrink sheep, scientists say (slowly). Female wild Soay sheep on the remote North Atlantic island of Hirta have shrunk by ...

For all living things, life comes down to tradeoffs. Whether it's a goat, a fern, or an amoeba, every organism is faced with a finite amount of resources which it must divvy up among all its life ...