For the bighorn sheep lottery, applicants still need to apply by the March 25 deadline.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge. (Photo by MelissaMN / Adobe Stock) The world of wild sheep conservation hit a ...

VALLEY OF FIRE — Blindfolded, sedated and dangling 100 feet above the ground in a net off a helicopter, dozens of bighorn sheep are less than a day away from a new beginning — if they make it at all. ...

The bighorn sheep would be trapped at the southern end of the valley where a herd of about 200 occupies the Taylor-Hilgard portion of the Madison Range.

Elk, moose and bighorn sheep applications are available online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, ...

In January, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began an operation to capture 20 Rampart Bighorn Sheep to start a new herd. Every morning staff and volunteers have been spreading apple pulp and alfalfa to ...

Nevada designated the desert bighorn sheep as its state animal in 1973, citing its toughness and ability to survive extreme desert conditions. After dropping to about 2,000 animals in the 1960s, ...

Join NWPB reporter Rachel Sun to learn about bighorn sheep restoration in the northwest. Members of the Hells Canyon Initiative gathered Dec. 8 on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon south of Lewiston, ...

She was released the next day and rejoined her herd in good health Colorado wildlife officials are sharing details of a dramatic cold-weather rescue after a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep fell through ...

The local Peninsular bighorn sheep population has grown enough that the species could meet the criteria to be downlisted from "endangered" to "threatened" this year, according to a presentation from ...

Colorado wildlife officials are sharing details of a dramatic cold-weather rescue after a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep fell through river ice near Gunnison. According to a statement shared with PEOPLE ...