Luikart’s team obtained blood samples from 406 goats representing 88 domesticated breeds and from 14 wild goats, each of a different species. The animals came from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Three new pygmy goats are now on display at the Lehigh Valley Zoo, they are seen on exhibit Sunday, July 30, 2023. Hobart, Odin and Oliver came to the zoo from Rose Bridge Farm & Sanctuary in ...

The first goats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago and that strain was disseminated all around the world, according to a new DNA study by French and Swiss researchers.

Goat Seems To Have Joined Elk Herd In Colorado December 19, 2018 / 7:29 PM MST / CBS Colorado LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) -- A domestic goat has been hanging out with a herd of elk west of Loveland.

Of the 118 Iberian wild goats analysed in this study, only eight specimens with genetic profiles similar to those of domestic goats were detected, indicating that they were hybrids of domestic and ...

A baby goat in Minnesota tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, marking the first time the virus has been found in a domestic ruminant in the U.S.