They were foraging on a steep, crumbly scree slope in the Sespe Wilderness. Fourteen desert bighorn sheep were browsing on holly, prickly pear, chamise and other backcountry flora, while traversing ...

According to DWR, bighorn sheep are native to rugged mountainous areas of western North America. Utah is home to around 3,000 desert bighorn sheep and 1,500 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Two events ...

These animals also have a highly developed sense of sight and balance, aiding them in navigating the treacherous terrains of their natural habitat. Desert Bighorn sheep. Image via depositphotos.

continued efforts Thursday to protect endangered desert Bighorn sheep by educating hikers about the risks posed by off-leash dogs. The desert Bighorn sheep habitat ranges from the San Jacinto ...

In 1980, a band of bighorn sheep were captured from the Sun River area along the Rocky Mountain Front and moved to a foreign landscape to the east, north of Montana’s massive Fort Peck Reservoir.

A victim of livestock disease, reckless hunting and the destruction of their Chihuahuan Desert habitat ... and bighorn have taken a hit from pneumonia spread by a rival sheep, the hardy and ...

BILLINGS – In 1980, a band of bighorn sheep was captured from the Sun River area along the Rocky Mountain Front and moved to a foreign landscape to the east, north of Montana’s massive Fort ...

Researchers in the Bitterroot Valley have seen significant mortality in bighorn sheep over the winter, with all collared rams in the Skalkaho herd reported to have died. The news comes just weeks ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2024 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs in March, revealed a minimum of 350 bighorn sheep in the grasslands of western North Dakota ...