THE FOG rolls up the mountain, hiding the old-growth forest below us and smothering any hopes we might have had of spotting a ...

Mountain goats stick to steep alpine terrain for good reason: protection from less agile predators, like wolves and even brown bears. But new research indicates that a key feature of that same habitat ...

Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep, country has led ...

Close up view of an adult male mountain goat in late-winter, near Juneau Icefield, Alaska. In the background, steep avalanche prone slopes are visible. (Photo courtesy of Kevin White) The mountain ...

Thousands of metres above sea level, in the coastal mountains in southeast Alaska, one animal ventures higher than most others dare to climb. Mountain goats, their thick white coats blending in with ...

This story, “My Goat Was High,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. RON MARTIN WAS NOT the silent type of guide. He lowered his 6X binoculars and gave me a dry grin. “There are your ...

The 2023 mountain goat season begins August 1 with a new regulation for Southeast Alaska goat hunters requiring hunters to take an online mountain goat identification quiz before hunting goats in ...

July 19 (Reuters) - A mountain goat drowned after photo-taking onlookers crowded the wild animal at a boat harbor in Seward, Alaska, and it leaped from rocks into the ocean, an official said on ...

Mountain goats are high-elevation daredevils, learning to balance upon the steepest of rocky edifices soon after they are born. Nannies lead their kids up gnarly slopes, seeking places that predators ...

Brien Jones, who grew up in Oregon and moved to Alaska in 2001, is one of just two out-of-state hunters to draw a goat tag this year BAKER COUNTY — If the goal is to find the one immutable truth about ...