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 ...

DESCRIPTION: This sheep is a medium-sized bovid with a muscular body and thick neck ... Coats shed in patches in June and July. HABITAT: Peninsular bighorn sheep prefer steep, open slopes, canyons, ...

Peninsular bighorn sheep can get water from cacti, splitting the spiny barrel cactus with their horns and eating its watery insides. But thanks to sprawl and agribusiness, both sheep and succulent are ...

Federal prosecutors said creating hybrid animals is "unnatural," yet the practice is common in the game industry.

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 ...

Detecting this infection in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis canadensis ... heart and skeletal muscle. But unlike other CNS pathogens, this lifelong persistent brain infection does not seem to ...

EL PASO, Texas– A herd of bighorn sheep went on a big airborne adventure to get to a new home in Texas' Franklin Mountains State Park this week. In the videos documented by Texas Parks ...

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 ...

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.

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