Two big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: dramatic mountains in west Texas more than 200 miles from where they grew up.

Strong winds are driving an out-of-control wildfire through a remote area of eastern California, prompting evacuations for ...

BACK TO IN INYO COUNTY, NEAR THE SIERRA NEVADA, A RAPIDLY GROWING FIRE ... endangered species including the Owens pupfish and desert bighorn sheep. The cause was under investigation.

Humans might glimpse these wild sheep when they venture ... other’s space.” The desert bighorn is bumping into other man-made obstacles across the Southwest. Nevada has built the most robust ...