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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...