VAIL – A plan to build 61-residential units on bighorn sheep habitat in East Vail recently brought new attention to a dwindling sheep herd native to that area. Wildlife biologist Gene Byrne studied ...

Rocky Mountain big horn sheep. George Wuerthner. Bighorn sheep acquired their name for the large circular horns of the mature rams. They are strongly associated with mountain terrain, particularly ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana State University Extension will hold several free, public meetings in May to discuss the Wild and Domestic Sheep Comingling Project. According to a press release, "the ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife adopted a new rule last week intended to reduce the risk of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae transmission from domestic sheep and goats to bighorn sheep. The ...

Mountain Studies Institute’s project supports work of public land and wildlife agencies In Southwest Colorado, a growing army of everyday scientists scours the mountains for Rocky Mountain bighorn ...

OKANOGAN, Wash. – Bighorn sheep in central Washington could be in danger if domestic sheep continue to graze nearby. That’s the concern from two groups suing the U.S. Forest Service. Domestic sheep or ...

OWL CREEK MOUNTAINS -- Frank Robbins says he doesn’t mean to offend. He is, in his view, a victim of government harassment, a private property owner targeted for doing with his own land as he sees fit ...

Domestic sheep and goats can pass a deadly bacteria to bighorns. That’s prompted concern about the wild animals in Oregon and Washington. Domesicated sheep grazing on allotments in the Northwest, like ...

KANE COUNTY, Utah – An investigation is underway after a pickup truck driver was caught on camera running over a domestic sheep while the heard was crossing the road. It started with a trip to Utah ...

Due to a recent court decision, the Centennial Range, which lies along the Idaho-Montana border to the west of Yellowstone National Park, is that much closer to becoming a “safe zone” for wildlife.

Stone Age humans were raising and slaughtering domesticated sheep in Central Asia three thousand years before previously thought, new research shows. The findings suggest the Fergana Valley played an ...