Murphy told the Guardian he didn’t notice the animal’s peculiarities the night of its birth late last month. In the light of day, it was clear something different had landed at his farm in County ...

A shepherd in northern Germany has found a rare crossbreed among his flock: a sheep-goat hybrid, or what researchers coined a “geep”. The animal, now six months old, is the product of a billy goat ...

This is extremely rare due to significant genetic differences, leading to most hybrids being stillborn or having severe health problems.

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(NEWSER) – It’s not often that you get a half-goat, half-sheep—at least not one that survives, experts tell the BBC. But a little “geep” is alive and well in Ireland, the Irish Farmers Journal reports ...

A goat on a Co Mayo farm has given birth to two goat/sheep hybrids, which the farmer has christened This and That. A nanny goat called Daisy and a Cheviot ram are the parents of the headline-making ...