The study documented antlers shed by caribou in the Arctic tundra that had stayed undisturbed for decades. Researchers found ...

New research suggests female reindeer antlers serve as postpartum snacks, with new moms munching on them after giving birth ...

The Arctic is a brutal desert of nutrients. For a nursing mother caribou, the stress is threefold: she is recovering from a ...

Female caribou chew shed antlers to get calcium and phosphorus. These minerals help them produce milk after giving birth.

A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of ...

Survival for migratory land animals is now tied to overcoming man-made obstacles such as roadways and railroads. Increasing road density may be a cause of population declines for Alaska caribou herds ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dec. 18, 2025 — Dr. Elie Gurarie from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) partnered with the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration to produce new maps ...

Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous.

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports last month found that roads significantly changed some of the western Arctic caribou herd's behavior and delayed their migrations. The herd has one ...

Decades of data following the migratory patterns of endangered caribou show that migration areas have decreased significantly. Researchers are concerned that resource extraction is disturbing caribou ...