WOOL? It is just about the snuggliest stuff on this planet, and maybe every other planet, too. It keeps us nicely toasty when we lounge on the couch, it offers us a warm sweater when the air is chill, ...

KNITTERS AND THEIR PRIZED STASHES... are the stuff of creative legend, but every needles-wielding artisan knows their skeins possess wonderful and woolly origin stories... or yarns, if you will. Going ...

On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod the animals to follow one another up a ramp ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s springtime, and just like us, animals ...

Certain four-legged balls of fluff at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site need haircuts. Thirteen sheep will lose their winter locks during Saturday’s annual sheep shearing event at the 160-acre city park.

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...