The National Park Service is removing nonnative mountain goats from the Teton Range to protect native bighorn sheep. These goats pose a threat by competing for habitat and spreading diseases.

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 ...

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, ...

The Yanggu San Yang and Musk Deer Center in Gangwon Province is working to restore the ecosystem and strengthen the mountain goat population around the DMZ by facilitating the return of the mountain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain goats run through the Needles Eye Tunnel, a popular place for visitors to see mountain goats in South Dakota's Custer ...

Mountain goats stick to steep alpine terrain for good reason: protection from less agile predators, like wolves and even brown bears. But new research indicates that a key feature of that same habitat ...

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 ...

Rocky Mountain goat Lena climbs to the top of a log at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Perched at the top of the rocky habitat at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Albert enjoys a warm sunny morning on Monday, ...

Every now and then, a hiker, climber or biologist lays eyes on a mountain goat in the nooks and crannies of the mighty Teton Range. There's a good likelihood that the unwanted, nonnative animal ...

Lena perches on her rock, surveying her kingdom, and calmly chews on a fat orange carrot with her mouth open. A tuft of white fur has settled on one of the spunky and friendly 3-year-old’s sharp horns ...