North Dakota delays bighorn translocation
Tired of having to stay put to avoid infection? It’s not just you. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department had planned to remove a bighorn sheep herd that was ...
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Helicopter shooting of Teton mountain goats called off
The National Park Service backed off plans to use aerial shooting to remove invasive mountain goats from Grand Teton National Park after Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon ...
Watch: Bighorns go back to Fort Berthold
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) are back on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota after a 150 year absence. Their translocation from the Rocky ...
Grand Teton to remove mountain goats
Grand Teton National Park has approved a plan to remove mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) from the Teton Range. According to the plan announced on Tuesday, the ...
Do introduced bighorns never learn to migrate?
While bighorn sheep restoration became common after the species faced population declines in the 1900s, researcher recently found that restored populations differ ...
South Dakota chapter student earns award for sheep work
Graduate student Austin Wieseler earned the Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student Award from the South Dakota chapter of The Wildlife Society for his work on ...
Arizona euthanizes 3 bighorns to prevent disease spread
Arizona Game and Fish biologists euthanized three bighorn sheep that had been in contact with escaped domestic sheep. Regional supervisor Mike Sumner said it was ...
Moose, bighorns learn from elders, study finds
Moose (Alces alces) and bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), pass on knowledge from generation to generation about where to find food on springtime migrations, ...
Zion bighorns diagnosed with pneumonia
Officials at Utah’s Zion National Park are asking visitors to listen for coughing bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelson). Biologists have say it could be a sign ...
Zinke proposes extended mining ban on bighorn sheep habitat
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed extending a ban on mineral extraction on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) wintering grounds in Wyoming. The ...