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 ...

In one dramatic moment, a square 70-foot-wide net dropped, and about 20 bighorn sheep were captured, much to their surprise. Colorado Parks and Wildlife workers hustled in and grabbed one ...

In January, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began an operation to capture 20 Rampart Bighorn Sheep to start a new herd. Every morning staff and volunteers have been spreading apple pulp and alfalfa to ...

A terrestrial biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife explains how the Rampart herd of bighorn sheep west of Colorado Springs came into existence, and it was all on accident. COLORADO SPRINGS ...

It’s a technique that dates back to 1944 when Colorado became the first wildlife agency in the U.S. to successfully capture bighorn sheep for relocation, a groundbreaking achievement in wildlife ...

News5 had the unique opportunity of joining Colorado Parks and Wildlife to see firsthand the kind of work and process that goes behind creating a new bighorn sheep herd in Colorado. COLORADO ...

The right to hunt a single bighorn sheep, Alberta's official mammal, has netted the province $400,000 US at auction. The Alberta government says it's a record-setting price and hopefully a sign of ...