A New Mexico bighorn tag was auctioned for more than $1 million at the 2025 Sheep Show, setting a new record for big-game ...

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 70-foot-long net dropped, and about 20 bighorn sheep were captured, much to their surprise.

I’d been looking for bighorn sheep for three days. Everything had gone wrong. Now I was curled up in a sleeping bag on the seat of my car. A roaring blizzard was sweeping across the peaks. In the ...

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 ...

Despite the man-made noise, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologist Ty Woodward spotted a band of eight bighorn sheep grazing the rusty slopes of the quarry. “Even though you have the ...

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 ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought.

At long last, the desert bighorn sheep return home to the Franklin Mountains – a site that may be critical to the animal’s future survival. Beginning Wednesday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Dozens of Bighorn Sheep call Hemenway Park home, but the staple in the Boulder City community could be at risk. New test results from the Nevada Department of Wildlife ...