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 ...
When it comes to winning mates, larger horns are an asset for male Soay sheep. But those that grow them may be putting their young lives on the line. When it comes to winning mates, larger horns are ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Everyone knows that woolly jumpers shrink in a hot wash. Now scientists say warm weather is causing sheep to get smaller. The wild sheep on the remote Scottish island of Hirta have shrunk over the ...
CLIMATE change is being blamed for shrinking an ancient herd of island sheep. Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly of the Hay's Way tour of Scotland emailed direct to you. Did you know with a ...
The mystery of why the normally dark, woolly coats of the wild sheep of St Kilda are getting lighter in colour cannot be explained by climate change, according to scientists who have made a long-term ...
The ASIP gene encodes for a signalling molecule that inhibits the binding of MC1R to its ligand, α-melanocyte stimulating hormone, inducing a switch from production of eumelanin (black or brown ...
LONDON, July 3 (UPI) -- Milder weather brought about by climate change is causing Soay sheep to shrink on an uninhabited British island, scientists said. On Hirta Island in the St. Kilda archipelago, ...
CONSERVATIONISTS have drafted in a small army of sheep to nibble away at a prickly problem. With rare plants near Derwent Reservoir, County Durham, disappearing under a sea of bracken, a small flock ...
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 ...
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