At least 20 desert bighorn sheep have died in a San Gorgonio mountain population in Southern California, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. The cause of death? Pneumonia, most likely from domestic ...

A bighorn sheep stands on the rocks near the 16th hole during the fourth round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at the Silver Rock Resort on January 24, 2009, in La Quinta, California. (Photo by ...

Bighorn sheep are beautiful nomadic creatures known for their large, curved horns and innate ability to navigate steep and rocky terrain. "They have one of the original four-wheel drives," said ...

The Southern California News Group reported Wednesday that the nonprofit Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep will install up to 90 stations throughout the Mojave Desert, Chuckwalla ...

In case of a bighorn sheep emergency, call the Bighorn Institute at 760-346-7334. If you are unable to reach the institute, call Erin Schaeffer with California Fish and Wildlife at 760-628-4022.

There are only 5,000 bighorn sheep in all of California, he said. Prior to the 1980s, the local population reached 740 sheep, which gave the San Gabriel Mountains the largest population of Nelson ...

What the great Texas bighorn sheep experiment tells us about rewilding the West. Desert bighorn sheep in 2021 at Lake Mead in Nevada, ... Nevada and the Mojave and peninsular deserts of California.

Thanks to conservation efforts, there’s been some good news of late when it comes to Southern California’s population of bighorn sheep. After years of declines, herds in Joshua Tree National ...