Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...

The scene ends badly, as you might imagine. By Lesley Evans Ogden Mountain goats are high-elevation daredevils, learning to balance upon the steepest of rocky edifices soon after they are born.

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