That's bad news for bighorn sheep that live there, according to new research to be presented at AGU's 2024 Annual Meeting. Ned Bair, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara ...

Bighorn males, called rams ... Fighting for dominance or mating rights, males face each other, rear up on their hind legs, and hurl themselves at each other in charges of some 20 miles an hour.

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

Bighorn sheep, Cassirer said, seem to have something special that brings people together. She muses that maybe it’s the sheep ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.