West Texas' rugged mountains are home to bighorn sheep, one of the state's most iconic native animals, but a new study suggests aoudad, an introduced species also known as Barbary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barbary sheep is pictured at Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City on May 15, 2025. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo by JOHAN ...

An invasive sheep called the aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) is causing problems across Texas, but the biggest issue has likely ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently moved more than 70 bighorn to El Paso's Franklin Mountains State Park in ...

An invasive species found across West Texas may pose a greater threat to native bighorn sheep than previously understood.

Barbary sheep, also known as Aoudad sheep, were introduced to Texas from their native habitat in North Africa mid-20th century. Popular among hunters, considered an invasive species by farmers and ...

A team of researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has discovered that aoudad—an animal in the sheep and goat family—can catch and spread many of the ...

A strain of sheep brought to Texas by former World War II soldiers who had served near the Barbary Coast of North Africa and saw them as game for hunters has thrived so well in their adoptive home ...

The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), or aoudad, is a goat-antelope found in northern Africa. It is currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, with populations imperiled by hunting, habitat ...

In 1957, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released 31 aoudad, also known as Barbary sheep, in the Texas Panhandle to increase hunting opportunities. An additional 40 animals were released the ...