Fluffy white mountain goats perched among the crags of the Cascade Range have over the centuries become synonymous with the rugged landscape of Washington. Now, some herds are dwindling. In fact, ...

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 ...

Mountain goat populations have been on the decline in Montana for 70 years. Researchers are working to learn more about the ...

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 ...

Mountain goats aren’t scattered randomly, they cling to the rugged high-peaks of western North America. From Alaska’s coastal ranges to the cascades of Washington and the Rocky Mountains of Montana ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jared Frasier hiked into the Bridger Mountains with his 8-year-old son on a summer day in 2019.

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 ...

They were the noble symbol for the Great Northern Railway and the animal most associated with Glacier National Park. Lewis and Clark noted them in their journals, but for the most part, the first ...

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 ...