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Sheep

Barbecued Mutton

The slow-smoked sheep is a Western Kentucky specialty.

Oscypek

In Poland's highlands, a small group makes a beautiful, smoky sheep's milk cheese.

Some bowls of caldo de cabeza come topped with half a sheep's face.

Ram's Head Soup

This widely varying dish may come with half a face, a lone floating jaw, or a chewy tongue.

Watch the road!

Réttir

Iceland's annual tradition of rounding up 800,000 sheep.

A spread of traditional foods for Þorrablót, including sour rams' testicles.

Sour Rams' Testicles

This Icelandic delicacy is served at the coldest time of the year.

Dolly at the National Museum of Scotland.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Remains of Dolly the Sheep

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho, where Basque arborglyphs have been found.

The Mysterious Tree Carvings of America's Basque Sheepherders

Arborglyphs document a lonely life out West.

Kelsey Kennedy October 3, 2017

Everyone's Favorite Sheep Landscaping Crew Is Returning to Manhattan

Three hard-working ewes will soon begin work at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in Nolita.

Cara Giaimo August 29, 2017

A fairly unusual sight: Sheep share the shore with seals, known as "selkies" in Orcadian dialect.

The Uncertain Future of North Ronaldsay's Seaweed-Eating Sheep

Concerned islanders are rethinking old traditions to ensure the survival of this very special breed.

Karen Gardiner August 22, 2017

The ram with "nae lugs."

Moffat, Scotland

The Moffat Ram

“It has nae lugs!”

Colin's Barn's turrets.

Chedglow, England

Colin's Barn

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

A Sheep Head Truck Spill Closed a Road in New Zealand

Cara Giaimo February 10, 2017

Te kuiti shearer statue

How a Tiny New Zealand Town Became the Global Center of Sheep

It's all about innovation in sheep-shearing.

George Pendle October 3, 2016

A Bunch of Stoned Sheep Might Have Rampaged Through This Village

Reefer madness.

Erik Shilling May 26, 2016

Watching Sheep Herding Online is the New Counting Sheep

A mesmerizing video shows sheep flocking through New Zealand's grasslands.

Urvija Banerji April 26, 2016