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Sheep

Won't you be my neighbor?

These Seaweed-Munching Sheep in Scotland Need Someone to Fix Their Wall

The small island of North Ronaldsay is looking for someone to repair the dyke that keeps the flock close to the shore.

Jessica Leigh Hester June 25, 2019

Divle Obruk

The rare, cave-aged Turkish cheese is one of the last vestiges of a dying cheese-making tradition.

Halle (Saale), Germany

Museum of Livestock Science

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

Lítla Dímun and its cloud.

Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands

Lítla Dímun

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A 17th-century depiction of a fat-tailed sheep.

For Thousands of Years, People Have Been Obsessed With Fat-Tailed Sheep

Writers and artists found them entrancing.

Anne Ewbank February 5, 2019

Kaleh Pacheh

This savory “head and hooves” soup makes a hearty breakfast in Iran.

Fenrir, on the right.

Dung-Smoked IPA

The Icelandic brew is made with malts smoked over burning sheep dung.

Mechoui

In this Moroccan street specialty, whole-roasted lamb is cooked in underground clay pits and sold by weight.

Khorkhog

The true Mongolian barbecue.

The Scythian Lamb hovers on its bendy stalk, chomping on the surrounding vegetation.

For Centuries, People Thought Lambs Grew on Trees

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary puzzled scientists and philosophers.

Abbey Perreault August 15, 2018

Smiley

The cooked South African sheep's head is named for its bared teeth.

Piacentino Ennese

This Sicilian sheep's milk cheese is colored with saffron and studded with black peppercorns.

Stigghiola

The streets of Palermo are filled with the smell of succulent, sizzling lamb intestines.

A bighorn sheep looks out across the Mojave Desert.

When Bighorn Sheep Decide to Cross a Highway

For decades, they stayed on either side of Interstate 40, but those days appear to be over.

Cara Giaimo June 18, 2018

Svið

In Icelandic cuisine, few things are more traditional than half a sheep's head.

Kokoretsi

On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.

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.