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 ...

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 ...

I’ve been hearing so much about ticks lately that it’s really been bugging me. The Asian Longhorned Tick is certainly one to keep an eye out for in our herds and flocks, but another ectoparasite that ...

People around the world keep more than two billion sheep and goats for their meat, milk, and wool, or as pets. But despite the ubiquity of these domestic animals, few people may know that they have ...

Like the majority of Colorado’s big game species, the success of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is up against habitat loss and disturbances, a changing climate and growing recreation and human pressure.

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 scientific name of the goat is Capra hircus. Explore goat taxonomy, different types of goats, and goat vs sheep.

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 ...

The Mini Sheep and Mini Goat are the newest household members of the Horse Ranch expansion, featuring various coat designs from the Ranch Animal Exchange and general stores. Unlike horses, these ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Police officers in Glendale got a wild start to their work day after spending the morning corralling sheep and goats that got loose and into the streets. The farm animals escaped a ...

Goats ram! Sheep scram! That's pretty much the four-word summation of a new study looking at what happens when goats and sheep compete for salt licks – naturally occurring deposits of salt – above the ...

The challenges of wild dog management again surface after a pack of feral canines fatally attack a much-loved elderly mare.