Geneticists have discovered a previously unknown lineage of wild goats over ten millennia old. The new goat type, discovered from genetic screening of bone remains and referred to as 'the Taurasian ...

Domestication of animals may have a genetic component, according to research led by Northwest A&F University in China. In their paper, "A missense mutation in RRM1 contributes to animal tameness," ...

There around 450 feral goats in the Cheviot Hills which are descended from Britain's original primitive goats introduced by ...

Artificial selection by humans, either through domestication or subsequent selection for specific breeding objectives, drives changes in animal cognition and behaviour. However, most previous ...

A previous bid to secure protection for the Langholm Moor goats was refused by the Scottish Parliament.

A bid to secure protected status for an ancient herd of wild goats has been rejected by MSPs. Nearly 22,000 people signed a petition calling for protection for the wild goats that roam moors between ...

Picture a goat on a rocky Irish hillside, huge curling horns glinting in the morning sun, a thick coat of shaggy fur rippling in the Atlantic breeze. Looks aged. It looks like it belongs. And as it ...

Six long-tailed gorals, a critically endangered mountain goat species, were released into the jagged crags of Mount Songni National Park ...