Ever since the day when, as a kid, I saw the profile of a Rocky Mountain goat on a Great Northern box car, I’d wanted to hunt that monarch of the rocks. Now the time had come; but, like misty dream ...

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 ...

In the most recent encounter, a nanny defended its kid from an off-leash dog. Officials are warning hikers at a popular camping and recreation area north of Provo, Utah to keep their pets on leashes ...

Spotting a mountain goat high on the cliffs is one of the highlights of a visit to Glacier National Park. The park has the largest population of mountain goats in the lower 48 states. Mountain goats ...

WEST GLACIER – As mountain goat research prepares to continue this summer in Glacier National Park, preliminary data suggests goats that are habituated to humans display different herding behavior, ...

White’s work focuses on the Rocky Mountain goat, one of 32 species of alpine ungulates across the world. As he noted in closing, habitats with both alpine ugulates and avalanches cover about 6% of ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

Turkmenian markhor are the largest species of wild goat, known to weigh up to 90 kilograms. Footage of them scaling vertical ...

This story, “Idaho Goats Come High,” appeared in the July 1950 issue of Outdoor Life. Ever since the day when, as a kid, I saw the profile of a Rocky Mountain goat on a Great Northern box car, I’d ...