400-year-old goat remains find helps DNA conservation techniques

A hiker came across a surprising sight in a remote area of the Italian Alps – the preserved remains of a 400-year-old goat. With only half of its body sticking out of the ice, Hermann Oberlechner said the animal’s skin ‘looked like leather, completely hairless.’   Oberlechner had hiked six hours into the mountains, so an … Read more

Remains of 400-year old goat found in the Italian Alps will help scientists understand ‘ice mummies’

A skier came across a surprising sight in a remote area of the Italian Alps – the preserved remains of a 400-year-old goat. With only half of its body sticking out of the ice, Hermann Oberlechner said the animal’s skin ‘looked like leather, completely hairless.’   Oberlechner had hiked six hours into the mountains, so an … Read more

Alien-like goat born with no nose and eyes in its mouth is worshipped as a god in India 

The KID who fell to earth! Alien-like goat born with no nose and eyes in its mouth is worshipped as a god in India Black and white goat with a pair of attached eyes in its mouth is born in India Locals in Muzaffarpur, north east India are worshipping the baby goat as a god … Read more

One-eyed lamb with Cyclopia believed to be a demon disguising itself as a goat born in Indonesia

‘Cyclops’ lamb born with a single eye is feared as ‘a demon in disguise’ by villagers in Indonesia The lamb was born at a farm in Sumedang Regency, West Java, on Monday Villagers believed the lamb could be a reincarnation of the Islamic figure Dajjal The animal suffered from rare birth defect Cyclopia which results … Read more

Farmer reveals vicars hire ‘Mary’ the goat for Zoom meetings for virtual church every Sunday

A farmer who started hiring out her goats for Zoom meeting calls as a joke to try and cheer people up amid the coronavirus pandemic has revealed how vicars book ‘Mary’ out for virtual church every Sunday. Speaking to presenters Ruth and Eamonn Holmes on This Morning, Dot, from Lancashire, explained how people from across … Read more

Earliest East Enders feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago

Neolithic ‘dirty dishes’ dug up in Shoreditch were used by London’s earliest East Enders who feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago. Researchers used a groundbreaking new carbon dating technique to analyse traces of foods from pottery dug up on Shoreditch High Street, in the east of London. Scientists say that the Neolithic … Read more

Lockdown? It gets our goat! Springwatch’s MICHAELA STRACHAN on coronavirus wildlife

While we’re all in lockdown, our wildlife is feeling liberated! Pictures this week of Kashmiri goats freely roaming the deserted streets of the Welsh seaside town of Llandudno, happily nibbling the shrubbery, was a wonderful sight. Not everyone was delighted by the fact these hairy characters were making the town their own and helping themselves … Read more

Lockdown? It gets our goat! Countryfile’s MICHAELA STRACHAN on coronavirus wildlife

While we’re all in lockdown, our wildlife is feeling liberated! Pictures this week of Kashmiri goats freely roaming the deserted streets of the Welsh seaside town of Llandudno, happily nibbling the shrubbery, was a wonderful sight. Not everyone was delighted by the fact these hairy characters were making the town their own and helping themselves … Read more