16-02-05 The most creative sign in the Chinese zodiac, those born in the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Ram or Goat) are often artistic, sensitive, sweet and charming. Shy by nature, Sheep are not the most practical of people and, although...

15-07-28 The health of Colorado's bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit, but a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder has found that inbreeding--a common hypothesis for a re...

15-06-08 sheep在英语里指绵羊，a grass-eating farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat；英文的sheep具有汉语羊的善与羞， goat是指山羊,an animal a little like a sheep that can climb steep hills and rocks。goat富含贬义：act the goat（行为愚蠢）、old go...

15-04-02 I had just, on the 7th of August, left Auxerre; I shall never forget that date. I had walked about two leagues: the noonday heat beginning to incommode me, I climbed a little eminence crowned by a grove of trees; the place was not far removed from t...

15-03-30 A qolf resolved to disguise himself in order that he might prey upon a flock of sheep without fear of detection. So he clothed himself in a sheepskin, and slipped among the sheep when they were out at pasture. He completely deceived the shepherd, an...

15-02-13 The zodiac animal of China's coming Lunar New Year has caused much confusion in the English world, as its translation results in at least two candidates: sheep or goat. 中国农历新年即将到来，但今年的生肖却让英语国家的人们感到非常困惑，因为它至少有两...

14-12-31 日本2003年癸未年的贺年邮票，是一只绵羊在织毛线；而即将于2015年推出的乙未年贺年邮票上，这只绵羊已经戴上了织好的围脖。可以说，这只邮票上的羊花了12年终于把围巾给织好了。 When millions of Japanese get their customary New Year's greeting cards Thursday,...

14-12-11 Once upon a time the sheep complained to the shepherd about the difference in his treatment of themselves and his dog Your conduct, said they, is very strange and, we think, very unfair. We provide you with wool and lambs and milk and you give us no...

14-12-04 Washington State University researchers have found that it is counter-productive to kill wolves to keep them from preying on livestock. Shooting and trapping lead to more dead sheep and cattle the following year, not fewer. Writing in the journal PL...

14-12-03 A pig found his way into a meadow where a flock of sheep were grazing. The shepherd caught him, and was proceeding to carry him off to the butcher's when he set up a loud squealing and struggled to get free. The sheep rebuked him for making such a t...