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

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

In the spring of 2003, newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison strapped into cumbersome packs and skinny skis and set off across the snow near Old Crow, in Canada’s Yukon. Heuer, a wildlife ...

Alaska’s remote Western Arctic caribou herd has been a heated topic of discussion in recent years. The herd’s declining population has been the catalyst for massive closures of public lands to non – ...

A caribou from the Mealy Mountains herd in Labrador. Photo courtesy Jeff Martin. Oswald Allen sits at his kitchen table, ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou Herd ...