A mountain goat moves toward three bighorn rams, then drops its head and actively displaces the sheep at a high elevation snow patch in Glacier National Park. Forest P. Hayes ...

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 ...

The last year was a difficult one for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herd health in Colorado, ... Colorado’s estimated mountain goat numbers have fallen to 1,500 from 1,700 a year earlier.

Now mountain goats and bighorn sheep are fighting over them, a new study shows. The decline of ice in Glacier National Park is revealing once unavailable salt licks.

While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...

The goat was at least 9 years old, but was suspected to be “significantly older” than that, TPWD said. The typical life span of domestic sheep and goats in free-range settings is about 10 to ...

A free-range mountain goat known to hikers and locals of the El Paso area as 'Bob' died after being roped by Texas wildlife officials in a relocation effort gone wrong.

El Paso’s “Bob the Goat” has died during a relocation attempt ahead of desert bighorn sheep reintroduction in the Franklin Mountains. The goat was a familiar figure to drivers, hikers and ...

The goat died as an “unfortunate and unintended result of the relocation effort,” said Froylán Hernández, leader of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Desert Bighorn Sheep Program.

While many of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep herds continue to struggle with disease, 2024 was a better year for the state animal. Andy Holland, a big game manager at Colorado Parks and ...

A free-range mountain goat known to hikers and locals of the El Paso area as 'Bob' died after being roped by Texas wildlife officials in a relocation effort gone wrong.