BIGHORN SHEEP

For bighorn sheep, the end of autumn marks a turning point. It’s the rutting season and male bighorn sheep are competing for the right to mate.

This 360 VR experience that takes you inside Jack's herd of bighorn sheep in the wilds of Montana. The virtual reality experience explores the impact of respiratory disease on bighorn sheep.

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) can catch a bacteria, Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, from domestic sheep that causes pneumonia in the wild sheep and, often, death. Researchers noted a correlation between the introduction of domestic sheep and the rapid disappearance of bighorn sheep as early as 1928 and ...

Bighorn sheep are quickly depleting in number due to a fatal bacteria that spreads like wildfire among herds. Discover the cause of this epidemic that is threatening this icon of the American west.

In the latest of our conservation short film series, uncover the frightening truth about a pervasive epidemic that threatens one of North America’s most iconic animals - the bighorn sheep.