At long last, the desert bighorn sheep ... fencing also impeded the sheep’s natural movement to search for food and water. At the turn of the 19th century, the bighorn sheep population dwindled ...

The species, also known as Barbary sheep, are native to parts of North and West Africa, but are now found throughout Western and Central Texas. The invasive aoudads far outnumber the desert ...

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 ...