Caribou, also known as reindeer, are large mammals. ... In the winter, the hoof pads of the caribou will shrink, exposing the rims of the hoof, which help them walk over ice and snow.

No caribou were pushed into the water or trampled against the bushes. ... By following their hoof prints and rutted tracks across the mountains, we’d learned that there was always a way forward.

With Alaska's caribou herds shrink, agencies are culling predators like bears and wolves. ... Hoof prints and paw prints, left, dot the sand in Togiak Nation Wildlife Refuge.

“Caribou were essential to Huron-Wendat arts and culture,” says Lesage. Their leather, for instance, was used to make coats, and their hooves were used to create wall pockets, a speciality of the ...