A goat eats the leaves of a tree, as a flock guided by nomadic shepherds around urban areas to create natural firebreaks in ...

Mountain goats are especially vulnerable as they are already at the northern limit of their range. In my PhD research, I use genetic data to study the ecology and evolution of the North American ...

The mountain goat population is considered secure in Alberta, but it’s listed as vulnerable in British Columbia — a status that speaks to the threats they face throughout much of their range.

Mountain goats live high above the clouds on mountain peaks across North America. The northern extent of their range is Alaska and Yukon. Yukon's 2017 'Bioblitz' identifies 30 new species ...

It’s near the top of a mountain pass, along a 13-km trail frequented by human visitors to Yoho National Park, that our rivals meet for the first time in nature’s ultimate death match.

This particular billy is living in the ideal location for loner goats. Only an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 mountain goats make Alberta home, but next door, British Columbia is home to more than 40,000.

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 ...

Nov 16, 2020 1,035 words 5 minutes By Katarzyna Nowak and Don Reid ...