Denali National Park is a prime location for potentially spotting these elusive animals. Peary caribou in winter. Image by erectus via Depositphotos. Caribou are synonymous with the wild expanses of ...

As a biologist from Northwest Alaska who has studied and observed the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, or WACH, for 36 years, I explain here why moving forward with the proposed road ignores caribou ...

Two porcupines, one dead. Caribou, elk, two moose. A fox. An eagle. No wolves. It's overwhelming to keep count of the animals, but in the vastness of Alaska the count goes slowly. The wilderness ...

Scientists brave the deep snows and frigid cold of arctic Alaska to study the ... A wolverine will attack an animal ten times its size, chasing a moose or caribou for miles before bringing it ...

You can find them living in areas of Europe, Asia, North America, and Greenland. The most common misconception is that caribou and reindeer are two different animals. This is an incorrect assumption, ...

Disease is another factor cited as a reason for the caribou population decline. The Alaska Board of Game has identified a goal of getting the population back up to between 30,000 and 80,000 animals, ...

In 2023 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game began a cull of predators, specifically brown bears in western Alaska. This followed a cull of wolves on Prince of Wales Island. Both culls had the same ...

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

A study published in Global Change Biology shows that caribou will ... in northwest Alaska for 11 years, from 2009 to 2020. The researchers discovered that when the animals wintered south of ...

Now, with the ruling in their favor, animal advocates are calling for science-backed, humane solutions to protect both caribou and bears. Attorney Joe Geldhof, representing the Alaska Wildlife ...

To visitors scurrying around Juneau, Alaska, Caribou Crossings may look like any other seasonal tourist town gift shop. To its owner, Laura McDonnell, the 28-year-old storefront means so much more.