New research finds that mountain goat populations require 11 years – or 1.5 generations – to recover from more extreme ...

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 ...

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 ...

The scene ends badly, as you might imagine. By Lesley Evans Ogden Mountain goats are high-elevation daredevils, learning to balance upon the steepest of rocky edifices soon after they are born.

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 ...

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 ...

Moving animals has helped struggling populations to rebound. And advocates point to past examples as evidence that “it’s not ethical to do nothing.” DARRINGTON — Almost a century ago, officials in ...

A mountain goat in Alaska jumped into the ocean to get away from crowds snapping its picture, and the animal drowned when it couldn’t get back to land because of the crush of people on shore. Alaska ...

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 ...

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 ...