Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large herd of aoudad move across the Texas landscape. Lone Star lawmakers recently added aoudads to the list of animals hunters ...

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 ...

TEXAS, USA — Barbary sheep are massive beasts with large crescent horns and a mane that drapes from the bottom of their neck to their stomachs. Also known as aoudads, the animals are native to the ...

The aoudad, or Barbary sheep, is native to the mountains of North Africa, but it's taken a shine to Texas, and that's a problem. Following World War II, American soldiers brought the aoudad to the ...

In 1957, wildlife managers in Texas made what seemed like a straightforward call. They released 31 Barbary sheep — also called aoudad — into the Panhandle to increase hunting opportunities. 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 ...

A team of researchers has discovered that aoudad -- an animal in the sheep and goat family -- can catch and spread many of the same respiratory pathogens that can impact desert bighorn sheep, a native ...