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 ...

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 ...

Wildlife biologists will jump in a chopper next week to search for bighorn sheep in the Grande Ronde River drainage, an area where the animals were beat up by pneumonia last year. The Washington ...

Native tribes blend traditional knowledge with modern science to help restore Hells Canyon's bighorn sheep population, once ...

Lottery applications will be accepted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission between Dec. 31-Jan. 13 for a bighorn sheep management hunt. This hunt is intended to balance the current ram-ewe ratio ...

Desert bighorn sheep once again roam the heights of the Franklin Mountains overlooking El Paso and the Borderlands. A herd of nearly 80 bighorn sheep were released for the first time as part of ...

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.

Coats shed in patches in June and July. HABITAT: Peninsular bighorn sheep prefer steep, open slopes, canyons, and washes in hot and dry desert regions where the land is rough, rocky, and sparsely ...

That's bad news for bighorn sheep that live there, according to new research. Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could ...