Over the last decade, thieves in Bethel have been targeting a very specific item—caribou antlers, which end up being sold for cash to licensed buyers who ship them to the Lower 48, where they are cut ...

A University of Cincinnati study figured this out by studying the chemicals in antlers left behind. Female caribou's antlers fall off days after they give birth. Male caribou won't shed their ...

Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds for more than 3,000 years. Female caribou shed their antlers within days of giving birth, leaving behind a record of their annual travels ...

In Europe and Asia, these animals are always called reindeer, but in North America, they’re called caribou in their wild habitat and reindeer when domesticated. Antlers are their largest and ...

Only members of the deer family have antlers that are shed each year, rather than horns that remain throughout the animal's life. Reindeer and caribou are even further distinctive — females as ...