MADRID, Spain — Farmers led a flock of hundreds of bleating sheep through downtown Madrid on Sunday in a pungent protest urging the protection of ancient grazing routes threatened by urban sprawl.

Scrapie is a disease of the nerves and muscles of sheep, so named because bleating victims rub themselves against fence posts or wire to relieve the itching that goes with it, and in doing so scrape ...

At the University of Maryland, students learn the business and science of raising lambs through the popular Sheep Management class. Many high school seniors are figuring out their college plans. NPR's ...

Many high school seniors are figuring out their college plans. NPR's Claire Murashima looked into some of higher education's quirkier offerings. She found one on a campus farm at the University of ...