Scientists say the population of endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep appears to have stabilized after suffering devastating losses during the record-breaking winter of 2022-2023. Tom Stephenson ...

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep learn to leap from crag to crag in early lambhood, developing quickly into keen-eyed, strong-limbed and extremely agile creatures, always on the move to escape mountain ...

Airlifting bighorn sheep back into the Sierra Nevada’s national parks. This March, a large helicopter thrummed over the 13,000-foot-high pinnacles of Yosemite National Park’s Cathedral Range with an ...

The desert bighorn is bumping into other man-made obstacles across the Southwest. Nevada has built the most robust population through dedicated conservation efforts. But Southern California’s wild ...

Without man-made reservoirs called guzzlers that were built in the late 1980s, desert bighorn sheep probably wouldn’t call Southern Nevada’s dry Muddy Mountains home, said Joe Bennett ...

In California, the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, which is listed as an endangered species, lost an estimated 40 to 60 animals. 'We're not including any predation or normal mortality or any other ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Bighorn sheep are a staple in Nevada, from their statues on the side of freeways, to their photos on some driver’s licenses. To help support the population in the Muddy ...

We joined the Sierra Club in suing the city of Palm Desert and California Fish and Game Department over a housing project that would affect the Bighorn Institute, a federally recognized recovery ...

MOAPA VALLEY, Nev. — Valley of Fire State Park’s desert bighorn sheep are thirsty. Thirstier than they’ve been in a while. Though Las Vegas’ 214-day dry streak — the second-longest on ...

Desert bighorn sheep in 2021 at Lake Mead in Nevada, a state with a successful track record in rewilding the animal. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...

The last documented sighting of a native was in 1958 in the Sierra ... The desert bighorn, distinct from its Rocky Mountain cousin, ranges from the Chihuahuan Desert here to Utah, Nevada and ...