Mountain goats' ability to survive in alpine environments helps protect them from predators, but it also comes with risks.

For three summers, wildlife managers wrestled mountain goats in Washington state’s Olympic National Park, blindfolded them and then flew them into the far reaches of the state’s Cascade Range — an ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A group of University of Montana researchers are in year two of a five-year study funded by Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks to track bighorn sheep and mountain goats. There is a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On a recent hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos, our group of four encountered mountain goats and their young several times along the trail. We were careful not to get too close or ...

Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Rocky Mountain goat is a mom for a second time in southern Colorado. Lena, a Rocky Mountain goat at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, gave birth on Sunday to her first set of twins.

OGDEN — For a number of years, with the right kind of luck, someone hiking Ben Lomond or one of the other mountain areas near Ogden might have been able to observe (from a safe distance) one of the ...

Mountain goats aren’t scattered randomly, they cling to the rugged high-peaks of western North America. From Alaska’s coastal ranges to the cascades of Washington and the Rocky Mountains of Montana ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — A Leavenworth woman says her dog is recovering from serious internal injuries after an encounter with a mountain goat during a weekend trail run near Cle Elum. Katie Warren said her ...

Justin Christensen used to run all over the Utah mountains. Back in the day, his buddies dubbed him “the Mountain Goat” for his ability to cruise through the most treacherous backcountry terrain at a ...