Scientists say the population of endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep appears to have stabilized after suffering devastating losses during the record-breaking winter of 2022-2023. Tom Stephenson ...

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep learn to leap from crag to crag in early lambhood, developing quickly into keen-eyed, strong-limbed and extremely agile creatures, always on the move to escape mountain ...

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought. “Over the course of the last month ...

Nevada is known for its desert bighorn sheep — the official state animal — and the desert tortoise, its official reptile. But there are other official designations that are lesser known, including a ...

Bennett joined his wildlife department colleagues at a Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners meeting last week, emphasizing the need for officials to pay attention to bighorn sheep populations in ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Dozens of Bighorn Sheep call Hemenway Park home, but the staple in the Boulder City community could be at risk. New test results from the Nevada Department of Wildlife ...

Even as snow becomes less consistent in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, climate change could be making deadly avalanches more common, threatening the recovery of bighorn sheep there.

The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis sierrae) was granted protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2000, when population estimates were as low as 100 individuals. Disclaimer ...