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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 ...

So, there we were. Approaching a rocky summit on a peak in the remote Gore Range named after a letter in the alphabet. We’d backpacked through willows and brush the day prior to set up a camp near a ...

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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 ...

LA SAL, Utah — Tosh Black hiked down the trail with a smile on his face. He and his small hiking group had just seen one of the La Sal Mountains elusive creates – mountain goats. They tend to live ...

Wildlife enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers will have a rare opportunity to see mountain goats in their natural habitat during a free wildlife viewing event hosted by the Utah Division of Wildlife ...

Climate change might be keeping some people awake at night — it turns out it’s the same for mountain goats. Scientists in Italy have found rising temperatures are forcing mountain goats to live a more ...

The tiny Sauk-Suiattle Tribe is fighting to save its brother, the mountain goat. The agile, cliff-dwelling critter with pure-white wool has been in steady decline for decades. Now its numbers are ...

Goats ram! Sheep scram! That's pretty much the four-word summation of a new study looking at what happens when goats and sheep compete for salt licks — naturally occurring deposits of salt — above the ...