Researchers 'cautiously optimistic' about desert bighorn sheep recovery in Mojave Desert
E-Mail IMAGE: A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California. view more Credit: Rachel Crowhurst, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously thought to a respiratory disease that killed dozens of them and sickened many more in 2013, a new study has found. Clint Epps, a wildlife biologist at Oregon State University, and several co-authors, found that exposure to one of the bacteria...