Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists are braving a blizzard to continue work on their bighorn sheep project.

while females' horns never grow larger than one half-spiral. In both sexes, most fur is tan colored; undersides, backs of legs, rump patch, and muzzle are white. Coats shed in patches in June and July ...

Tom Stephenson, who leads the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program, said the number of ewes, or female sheep, counted this summer is about the same as the previous summer. Plus ...

Along the scenic Lower Deschutes River Back Country Byway, towering canyon walls shelter well-camouflaged herds of bighorn sheep.

DESCRIPTION: Similar in appearance to other bighorn sheep, the Sierra Nevada bighorn is a large mammal with a white rump, ranging in body color from almost white to fairly dark brown. Adult males ...