A new world record for sheep shearing has been set in southern New South Wales by a team of five shearers who clipped on average a sheep a minute for eight hours straight.

Ethan Harder competed in the Hamish Wills Memorial Quick Shear in Casuarina at the weekend, shearing a sheep in just 14.85 seconds.

LESTER, Iowa — "Sheep shearers are in short supply in Australia just like here," says Alex Moser. Shearing is work that Moser enjoys, so a sheep shearing trip seemed like a good idea. His seven-week ...

But at age 85, time has finally caught up to him. Though one habit will be harder to break: his annual visit to the Fraser ...

What makes a dream job? The chance to travel the world? A workplace in the great outdoors as opposed to a stuffy office? Honing a skill to a competition-worthy level? Sounds pretty good – which is why ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a sunny spring day in early March, thousands of Western Slope sheep line up in a corral unknowingly waiting for their annual haircut. Herders gently prod ...

USINGEN, Germany (AP) — It’s time for the sheep in Germany's Taunus Mountains to get their summer look, and the shearers are making quick work of relieving the 1,000 or so in Volker Schuhmacher’s ...