Sure enough, one of the bighorn rams — within minutes of entering the exhibit — took one look around, bounded up the rocks, then easily over and out into the open desert.

10. The Rugged Bighorn Sheep Close up of desert bighorn sheep. Image by Elijah Pilchard via Pexels The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is an iconic species of the American West, well adapted to New ...

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Desert Bighorn sheep. Image via Depositphotos. The desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) represents a remarkable example of evolutionary adaptation to the harsh desert environment. Smaller ...

Overhead, desert bighorn sheep cross U.S. Highway 93. The sheep aren’t headed to Las Vegas, like other travelers on the highway near Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border. The bighorn ...

Now about 70,000 roam western states. Despite a bighorn sheep’s ability to live in some of the country’s harshest landscapes, they’re remarkably fragile.

VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK, Nevada (KTNV) -- Nevada is taking action to preserve its state animal, the Desert Bighorn Sheep, by relocating part of a herd based in Southern Nevada.

“The worst day of my career was flying over a guzzler in 2020 and seeing dead bighorn sheep. It was terrible, it was awful to see,” Bennett explained. “It’s our state animal.

RIVERTON — Four decades ago, Fremont County was home to the largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the lower 48 states — an estimated 2,500 animals.

Bighorn sheep, with their massive curled horns and stoic appearance, are one of Montana’s iconic big game species. If you take a drive down U.S. Highway 93 this time of year, along the banks of ...