Some of the proposed adjustments are needed to account for recent legislative changes, such as adding a statement explaining ...

California is home to two subspecies of bighorn sheep: desert bighorn and Sierra Nevada bighorn. Here's how you can spot them while hiking around the mountains and desert of Southern California.

The first recorded survey of Bighorn Sheep on Pikes Peak was in 1949 when 205 were counted. Annual counts have been conducted ...

In case of a bighorn sheep emergency, call the Bighorn Institute at 760-346-7334. If you are unable to reach the institute, call Erin Schaeffer with California Fish and Wildlife at 760-628-4022.

Join NWPB reporter Rachel Sun to learn about bighorn sheep restoration in the northwest. Members of the Hells Canyon Initiative gathered Dec. 8 on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon south of Lewiston ...

In B.C.’s Okanagan region, the Penticton Indian Band is home to a research project seeking drugs to treat mange in bighorn ...

South of Glacier National Park, Wild Horse Island State Park is home to incredible wildlife, including five resident horses, ...

Desert bighorn sheep, which have inhabited the southwest for more than 12,000 years, have smaller bodies but longer legs and shorter coats than their Rocky Mountain relatives.

Bighorn sheep were extirpated from Washington by the mid-1920s, mostly because of the spread of pathogens causing pneumonia from domestic herds. Though overhunting and habitat loss also ...

Bighorn sheep are big, strong and remarkably sure-footed on steep, rocky terrain. The rams can weigh up to 220 pounds while the females often reach 155 pounds. Starting at 2 years old, ewes give ...

On July 27, the carcasses of three cow elk and one bull elk were discovered off State Routes 273 and 261, near the turnoff to the Big Lake campground. Additionally, the carcasses of two bighorn sheep ...

Infected sheep can be seen coughing or have difficulty running or climbing. If a female bighorn survives, she can pass the pneumonia to her lambs for up to 10 years.