Bighorn males, called rams ... rugged mountain terrain. Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate. Rams live in bachelor groups and females live in herds ...

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep learn to leap from crag to crag in early lambhood, developing quickly into keen-eyed, strong-limbed and extremely agile creatures, always on the move to escape mountain ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologists are working on establishing a new Bighorn sheep herd in the mountains ...

In both sexes, most fur is tan colored; undersides, backs of legs, rump patch, and muzzle are white. Coats shed in patches in June and July. HABITAT: Peninsular bighorn sheep prefer steep, open slopes ...

That's bad news for bighorn sheep that live there, according to new research to be presented at AGU's 2024 Annual Meeting. In John Muir's 1894 book "The Mountains of California," he praised the ...

But in a recent study, a team of researchers documented five cases in wild bighorn sheep. “We have seen Toxoplasma as a cause of fetal and neonate loss pretty commonly in domestic sheep, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — For the first time in nearly a century, bighorn sheep are returning to the Franklin Mountains, marking a significant milestone in conservation efforts for the region.

Despite seeing the number of bighorn sheep substantially decline in recent years, conservationists have reported that their population in the Sierra Nevada mountain range is potentially on the ...

The desert bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni, is one of the most coveted game animals on earth. This isn’t because they inhabit particularly remote crevices of the globe or because they ...

A proposal to speed up reporting requirements for successful bighorn sheep hunters in five backcountry areas of southwest Montana was unanimously approved by the Fish and Wildlife Commission on Dec.