Pro climber Yves Gravelle asks an evolutionary biologist how his gear measures up with the highly specialized mountain goat.

This year’s Winter Olympics feature a new event called “skimo,” or ski mountaineering. The racing event involves periods of skiing uphill using “skins” for traction, sprinting uphill on foot, and a ...

Goats and sheep might not seem like elite fighters, but in the mountains they are surprisingly powerful survival specialists. With incredible climbing ability, wide-angle vision, and skulls built to ...

Massive male alpine ibex or mountain goat (Capra ibex) showing its power standing in a summer alpine meadow against rocky slopes, Alps mountains, Italy.© Dario Pautasso/Shutterstock.com Goats often ...