Banjawarn Station takes up a million acres of shrub and grassland on the edge of the Great Victoria Desert in the middle of Western Australia. It is marginal land to graze livestock but about as isolated as any habitable place that exists on the planet and the perfect location to do things without being watched. … Read more
Paw patrol! Footage shows Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot herding sheep on a farm in New Zealand Spot gathered together the unruly farm animals with the help of two sheepdogs Robot can reach speeds of up to 3mph and costs less than £30,000 to lease Video also shows the robot marching through an orchard and … Read more
From top left: The country catwalk: Victoria Beckham – in Le Chameau boots and Barbour jacket – poses with Eva Longoria. Princess Anne in her trusty waxed cover-up. When in Balmoral… Diana and Charles, 1981. Fearne Cotton rocks Barbour. Zara Tindall in a Holland Cooper jacket at the Badminton Horse Trials. Vogue Williams wears Holland … Read more
The novel strain of coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic may have evolved to infect domestic cats and many species of farm animal — potentially creating a vast haven from which it may repeatedly invade humans, new research has found. A scientific report, submitted to a journal run by the world-renowned Pasteur Institute, in Paris, … Read more
A big thank ewe! Farmer herds flock of 150 sheep into hillside tribute for NHS workers Farmers herded sheep to spell NHS in Luss, Argyll and Bute, south west Scotland The farmers wanted to show thanks to NHS workers and raise spirits of locals It took three attempts and a whole family of farmers to … Read more