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Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American ... the wild Soay sheep on the ...

Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research. Milder winters are causing ...

The tale of scientific sleuthing is unfolding on two Scottish islands, Soay and Hirta, in the remote Outer Hebrides. Their sole inhabitants are wild sheep which probably arrived there with the ...

This was the case in another study Nussey was involved in, on a remote island called Hirta, about 100 miles to the northwest of Rum, where the hardy Soay sheep flock on the hillsides of Village Bay.

When it comes to winning mates, larger horns are an asset for male Soay sheep. But those that grow them may be putting their young lives on the line, according to a study published online on May ...

For centuries wild, chocolate coloured sheep called Soay sheep have been roaming the hills and dales of the Cheddar Gorge.

1999). A further pigmentation phenotype has been characterized in wild Soay sheep; this is a dilution of the ancestral dark brown coat and is caused by a single non-synonymous mutation in the ...

Soay sheep on the St. Kilda Archipelago in Scotland ... smaller animals to survive long enough to reproduce. ((A. Ozgul/American Association for the Advancement of Science) ) To be sure, the ...

However, among the Soay sheep of Hirta, a remote Scottish island in the St Kilda archipelago, average body size has decreased by approximately 5% over the last 24 years.

The island of Hirta, on the western coast of Scotland, is home to a special breed of sheep. Soay sheep, named after a neighbouring island, are the most primitive breed of domestic sheep and have ...