Volunteers with the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep install a rain collection system and artificial water ...

The desert bighorn, which became Nevada’s official state animal in 1973, has long traveled alongside Nevada’s people. Prehistoric petroglyphs feature the sheep, which natives in the region ...

Currently, there are around 3,000 desert bighorn sheep in Utah and the hope is that the nursery herd will grow and may be used to expand other populations around the state. Though it was through the ...

The Desert bighorn, Nevada’s state animal since 1973, has long traveled alongside Nevada’s people and symbolizes the rugged, harsh living conditions of mammals in the desert.

Desert bighorn sheep eat and rest in the Condor Ridge exhibit at the San Diego Wild Animal Park on May 25, 2000. (AP Photo/Bob Grieser, File) ...

Jorgensen estimated that some 900 sheep now live in the park, which stretches down to the Mexican border. He said they’ve seen bighorn sheep expanding back into their historic range, into canyons and ...

A herd of desert bighorn sheep run toward a ridge in the Franklin Mountains State Park after being released as part of a reintroduction of bighorns into the mountain range in El Paso on Dec. 4 ...

A herd of 80 desert bighorn sheep was recently flown through the air while blindfolded and suspended from a helicopter, video shows. It’s all in an effort to make Texas wild again.

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The desert bighorn, which became Nevada’s official state animal in 1973, has long traveled alongside Nevada’s people. Prehistoric petroglyphs feature the sheep, which natives in the region ...