Emma Watson, Jake Gyllenhaal, journalist Fiona Bruce and Barack Obama all walk into a sheep pen. No, this isn’t the beginning of a baaa-d joke. By training sheep using pictures of these celebrities, ...

Much as people do, sheep in troubled times seem to appreciate the sight of a familiar face, a new study of sheep cognition reveals. Earlier research had shown that sheep can recognize individual faces ...

Sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographs, reveals new research. The sheep chose familiar celebrity images – including actress Emma Watson and former US President Barack Obama – over an ...

They may look placid while grazing in fields but sheep's faces can tell us a lot, according to scientists in Britain who have developed a new system to work out if sheep are in pain or just feeling ...

With some training, sheep were able to select a celebrity's face over that of a stranger they'd never seen. Christopher Intagliata reports. Here’s one of the stranger celebrity sightings out there: ...

Exposing isolated sheep to photos of other sheep lowers their stress levels, shows a recent study. Researchers suggest the practice could be used to soothe solitary and sick animals and hope the work ...

People who walk dogs without a lead across farmland risk causing animal cruelty, says a farmer whose sheep face "constant" attack. More powers for police and tougher penalties are needed, said ...