This stretch of Northwest Alaska is so wild and so remote, it doesn't see many visitors. But, twice a year, it's paid a visit by the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. At more than 200,000 animals, ...

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 ...

About 11,000 of those animals are killed by locals who are out to fill their freezers and feed their families with meat—an Alaska resident can kill five caribou per day in this unit. The rest are ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

In all, caribou numbers in the seven largest of Alaska’s 31 caribou herds have fallen from more than 900,000 to 525,000, the lowest number since 1986, Fullman said.

Caribou may not be the most iconic Alaskan animal, but just about anyone who dreams of hunting Alaska has caribou on their radar. It’s hard to argue that a big caribou bull isn’t one of the most ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Collectors seeking caribou antlers had plenty to choose from in the 2015 Hide and Horn auction, a sale of seized animal parts by the state of Alaska.

No caribou were pushed into the water or trampled against the bushes. It was as though a safety bubble hovered around each animal, with an unspoken, absolutist rule shared among the herd: Do not ...

A herd of caribou in Alaska numbered 50,000 in 2013. Now just 22,000 remain. Skip to ... Longer periods of abundant food could help animals put on more weight for the winter but if summers ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Hunters from a federal agency will travel to a remote island in the Aleutians to kill caribou, an invasive species that threatens wilderness vegetation.

In 1997, a team of wildlife biologists published a paper in The Journal of Wildlife Research showing that population density–simply movements of caribou between the ranges with and without oil ...