Here's a weird one for you: All the wool used to make mid to high-end suits comes from the descendants of just six sheep. It's like the evolutionary process, except for suits. Back in 1789, all the ...

InvestigationTrendy wool might seem more ethical than fur or exotic animal skins, but merino sheep can still be victims of cruel practices, especially in Australia. It’s a funny word that derives from ...

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PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

Black sheep have traditionally been bred out of merino flocks, with fibre contamination an issue for the industry Three women are bucking the trend, breeding black merinos and processing the wool in ...

Australian merino wool products could become harder to find, if a forecast decline in Western Australia's sheep flock comes to fruition. The phase-out of live exports is expected to drive down WA's ...

Breeding and management systems to produce a plain-bodied Merino sheep with optimum wool quality and quantity and positive meat muscling and fat will underpin sheep enterprise productivity growth and ...

Editor's note: J. Kevin Graffagnino is executive director of the Vermont Historical Society. He is one of several guest writers filling in while Mark Bushnell takes a break from this column until July ...

Christmas, animation studio Aardman has created a unique short film with The Woolmark Company. The short film sees Shaun and the flock busily knitting Christmas jumpers from 100 per cent pure wool, to ...