Mountain wildlife and the costs of living dangerously
![Photo by Kevin White Close-up view of an adult male mountain goat in late winter near the Juneau Icefield. Visible in the background are steep avalanche-prone slopes. Mountain wildlife and the costs of living dangerously](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/screenshot.75-1-701x348.jpg)
Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches. Findings from a long-term study by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Alaska Southeast with partners in Canada and Switzerland show that death from […]