Llamas and goats are an increasingly popular means of packing into the backcountry, but one that a major conservation organization fears could threaten wildlife. The Wild Sheep Foundation’s 2020 ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife adopted a new rule last week intended to reduce the risk of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae transmission from domestic sheep and goats to bighorn sheep. The ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana State University Extension will hold several free, public meetings in May to discuss the Wild and Domestic Sheep Comingling Project. According to a press release, "the ...

How many bighorn sheep can the greater Hells Canyon region support? Not too many years ago, that question might have seemed absurd to wildlife managers. Bighorn numbers were stagnant at best. A ...

NACHES, Wash. (AP) — State and federal biologists plan to euthanize wild bighorn sheep in central Washington to curb the spread of a deadly pneumonia outbreak. Biologists will spend the next several ...

The world of wild sheep conservation hit a new milestone in January, when a single New Mexico bighorn tag sold for $1.3 million at auction during the 2025 Sheep Show. This is the highest price ever ...

While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Tom Besser has authored some disheartening reports when it comes to pneumonia infections in ...

A new study has uncovered a troubling reality in the Himalayas: the world's largest wild goat is losing its home. As livestock grazing spreads deeper into the alpine zones of the Kashmir region, the ...