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 ...

The park’s iconic alpine goat population has decreased 45% since 2008, with climate variables being a big contributing factor.

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 ...

Mountain goats are one of the most impressive creatures found in the rugged terrain of North America’s mountainous regions. These agile animals have adapted to life in the harsh, rocky environments of ...

Wildlife biology doctorate student Colton Padilla (left) assists other UM researchers and Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks staff during a winter bighorn sheep capture in 2023. (Photo courtesy of Colton ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There’s a very fluffy new kid on the rocks at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. First-time Rocky Mountain goat mom Lena successfully delivered a calf at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday at the ...

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 ...

Rocky Mountain goats in the wild The white, fluffy, agile creatures are native to alpine and subalpine habitats of mostly the northwestern part of the U.S. They’re not native to Colorado, but wild ...

DARRINGTON — About five years ago, wildlife biologists with the Tulalip Tribes used GPS collars to start tracking 115 mountain goats translocated from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades. Only ...

Montana has perhaps the richest legacy of wild animals and strongest hunting heritage of any state in the union. But that is all the more reason not to take them for granted. Recently the ...