The goat (Capra hircus), an even-toed hoofed animal that chews a cud, was probably domesticated in the area of present-day Iran in the mid-eighth millennium BCE and from there spread towards Southeast Europe. Its wild progenitors were three species:...

A lame goat will not sleep by day. (Spanish) Even a goat has its habits. (African) Feed the goat to fill the pot. (Albanian) It doesn’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep. (American) One goat cannot carry another goat’s tail....

Applied to a man who is lecherous, and used especially of an old man who still has lecherous thoughts. ‘You ugly old goat’ occurs in Festival, by N.J.Crisp, said by a woman to a man. Coriolanus says ‘Hence, old goat!’ to...

SHEEP AND GOATS appear frequently in the history of religions, from prehistoric times down to the present, and across a wide geographic area. Both appear most commonly as animals of sacrifice, but the ram and especially the goat have also served as...

People began to domesticate wild goats at least 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, according to a new study. It indicates that at that time, villagers in the area experimented with ways of controlling herds. These early domesticators primarily...

WAUPACA (AP) -- A man who was upset with his wife for not buying beer subsequently shot the family's two pet goats, prosecutors say. Peter W. Mischler, 48, of New London, was charged in Waupaca County Circuit Court with mistreatment of animals,...