The lights turn a deep green, creating shadows in the crags of the cave walls, and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats begins a gentle rendition of “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack. The crowd ...

Songs Annotated' collects lyrics from, and brief reflections on, 365 different Mountain Goats songs. Catholicism saturates his lyrics, which include references to saints, heretics, the rosary and the ...

Call it the American mountain goat paradox: For an animal so rarely seen by the public, it appears very often in artwork and logos.

SALT LAKE CITY — On a recent hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos, our group of four encountered mountain goats and their young several times along the trail. We were careful not to get too close or ...

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 ...

Like a ghost that drifts among clouds and cliffs, in defiance of gravity itself, abides this improbable beast of the peaks. From the loftiest vantage of any large mammal on the continent, it has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smith, on his fun and educational nationwide book tour. Join FSPW and Smith in Thompson Falls, Libby, or Sandpoint, March 10-12, 2025. Reservation and the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming. Besides his ...

A five-hour horseback ride found us nearing timber’s edge. Through the claustrophobic conifers, granite peaks loomed in the wide open beyond. I’d hunted Dall sheep in various mountain ranges in Alaska ...

The owner of a Subaru SUV got the ultimate “field test” for the car when a pair of mountain goats stomped across its hood, windshield and rooftop cargo box in Colorado, video shows. Screenshot of ...