PALMER, Alaska — When Mike Henry began raising goats on his 5-acre farm north of Anchorage, he found the milking tough going. His hands ached, and the milk wouldn't flow. He tied a piece of leather ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brien Jones, who grew up in Oregon and moved to Alaska in 2001, is one of just two out-of-state hunters to draw a goat tag this year BAKER COUNTY — If the goal is to find the one immutable truth about ...

Crowds trying to take photographs trapped a mountain goat in a bay, where the animal eventually drowned Saturday. The animal, spotted in Seward, Alaska, went into the water to escape harassment and ...

Hunters in Southeast Alaska must now pass a quiz to hunt mountain goats — and one might say it’s quite horny. Distinguishing between male and female goats, primarily by their horns, is the primary ...

The 2023 mountain goat season begins August 1 with a new regulation for Southeast Alaska goat hunters requiring hunters to take an online mountain goat identification quiz before hunting goats in ...

This story, “My Goat Was High,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. RON MARTIN WAS NOT the silent type of guide. He lowered his 6X binoculars and gave me a dry grin. “There are your ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Dall sheep hunters planning to use domestic goats as pack animals in the hunting season that began Wednesday have been asked by state veterinarians to reconsider. Spokesmen ...

A mountain goat in Alaska jumped into the ocean to get away from crowds snapping its picture, and the animal drowned when it couldn’t get back to land because of the crush of people on shore. Alaska ...