Federal land managers are asking rock climbers to avoid climbing in a canyon near Moab for most of the spring because it ...

But on a warm afternoon in December, 77 of these animals were captured near the town of Alpine and hauled back home to build ...

The current world-record archery bighorn measures 209 1/8 inches and was taken in Pennington County, South Dakota, in 2018.

Bighorn males, called rams ... help them move easily about rocky, rugged mountain terrain. Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate. Rams live in bachelor ...

The park's wildlife, which includes elk, bighorn sheep and moose, roam the verdant forests and glittering lakes, guaranteeing that every trip to Rocky Mountain National Park will be memorable.

Utah is home to about 3,000 desert bighorn sheep and 1,500 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials reported in 2024. Meanwhile, it's not uncommon for some of ...

The desert bighorn, distinct from its Rocky Mountain cousin, ranges from the Chihuahuan Desert here to Utah, Nevada and the ... N.M. This wild sheep was thought to be foundational to life in ...

A bighorn sheep ewe perched on a rocky slope. Federal land managers are asking rock climbers to avoid Long Canyon near Moab for most of the spring to help bighorn sheep during a "critical" time in ...