Researchers 'cautiously optimistic' about desert bighorn sheep
Rachel Crowhurst/Oregon State University A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California They're more resilient to a respiratory disease than first thought, according to researchers. Feb 03, 2021 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 Universi...