Bighorn ewe and lamb at home in the Catalina Mountains. Wildlife officers captured 31 bighorns near Yuma in November and released them into the Catalinas.

SKALKAHO - Standing behind grass taller than its back, a small bighorn lamb cranes its neck to watch the parade of people shuffling up the hillside. Nearby, another four bighorn sheep hardly look ...

RIVERTON — Four decades ago, Fremont County was home to the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states — an estimated 2,500 animals.

BIG ARM — The first of up to 60 bighorn sheep on Wild Horse Island received their eviction notices Wednesday morning.

Fifty-five bighorn sheep from the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation were transferred to North Dakota and Utah in January in a unique, privately funded project.

VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK, Nevada — Nevada is taking action to preserve its state animal, the Desert Bighorn Sheep, by relocating part of a herd based in Southern Nevada.The reason for the ...

“The worst day of my career was flying over a guzzler in 2020 and seeing dead bighorn sheep. It was terrible, it was awful to see,” Bennett explained. “It’s our state animal.