Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Porcupine caribou herd on a patch of snow photographed from an airplane during an aerial survey last year. Biologists take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animals in the Porcupine Caribou herd Caribou forage in 2019 on vegetation at the ledge of a hill adjacent to the Hulahula River ...

Dec. 19—One of the largest caribou herds in Alaska is shrinking, prompting hunters and conservationists to consider recommending hunting restrictions. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd population is ...

In the harsh Arctic tundra, survival runs on a strict budget of calories and minerals, and every nutrient matters. Yet female ...

Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest ...

The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now contributing to rising global temperatures, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card from the ...

A population decline is continuing in one of North America’s biggest caribou herds, threatening hunting opportunities for rural residents who depend on the animals for food. The Western Arctic Caribou ...

The caribou herd that is at the center of the debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has declined by about a third over the past eight years, according to state biologists.