There are some life lessons that can only be learned from living on a ranch—like the fact that keeping livestock fed means there’s no difference between weekdays and weekends, or how to create a ...

When Leanna Maksymiuk started keeping sheep at Lone Sequoia Ranch, her business in British Columbia, she did it with a direct interest in fiber art. Today, she has a flock of 25 sheep, mostly ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Charlene Schmid first developed an interest in alpaca wool. “I wanted to make a blanket for my baby,” she says with a laugh. “I learned about alpaca fiber and I’ve ...

Researchers have developed a biocompatible material that can be 3D printed into any shape and pre-programmed with reversible shape memory. The material is made using keratin, a fibrous protein found ...

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Engineering have created a new wool-like material that can be molded into different shapes and then return to its original form when trigged by a ...

Tons of sheep clippings are dumped or burned. Meet folks reusing them instead to create jobs and a circular farming economy. andrea bennett is a senior editor at The Tyee and the author of Hearty: ...

Sheep bound across a pasture on the Cottonwood Creek Ranch in Crowheart, Wyoming. Credit - Jay Bouchard—LOR Foundation. There are some life lessons that can only be learned from living on a ranch—like ...

Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has recently invented a keratin-based wool fabric that remembers its shape and changes when triggered or commanded. The ...

What if you could have gym clothes that could automatically open cooling vents whenever you work up a sweat and close them when you’ve dried out? You might be able to get your hands on gear that does ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Charlene Schmid first developed an interest in alpaca wool. “I wanted to make a blanket for my baby,” she says with a laugh. “I learned about alpaca fiber and I’ve ...