Desert bighorn sheep from Mexico have been released in southern New Mexico in an effort to boost the gene pool of a herd at the Red Rock Wildlife Area.

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 ...

Translocation of bighorn sheep in Arizona began in 1958, initially to augment numbers and maintain genetic integrity among populations of the two desert bighorn sheep lineages: Nelson and Mexican.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The son of a Chevrolet assembly line worker, Rick Smith grew up hunting squirrels, rabbits, grouse and deer in upstate New York, but the words of Jack O’Connor too… ...

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

The Bighorn Institute, based in Palm Desert, has a volunteer count scheduled July 21 and 22 that is full, and volunteers will have "plenty of water and shade and communication ... throughout the ...

A desert bighorn sheep ewe and lamb, part of the northern Santa Rosa Mountains herd near Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. The Peninsular bighorn sheep are an endangered species in the United States ...

Some magical moments in science involve the smell of dung. Case in point: The discovery of the “unintentional rewilding” of bighorn sheep on Tiburón Island by a researcher who was simply ...

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) ...

In the rugged deserts of the Las Vegas Valley, a crisis unfolded in early 2025 that threatened the survival of the desert bighorn sheep. A brutal drought, stretching over 200 days without measurable ...

Today, there are about 1,300 desert bighorn sheep across eight herds and around 1,700 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep across 11 herds in the alpine ranges of northern New Mexico.