As winters warm, falling through the ice is becoming more common — and deadly

Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One ...
Yahoo

A lawsuit challenges an Alaska program that allows killing bears as a way to rebuild a caribou herd

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...
AOL

Alaska sued over hunting of bears from the air to protect caribou

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...
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Western Arctic Caribou Herd, long Alaska’s biggest, continues its population decline

Two bull caribou of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd swim across the Kobuk River during fall 2011 migration in Kobuk Valley National Park. The herd, which peaked at 490,000 in 2003, is now down to a ...
Alaska Public Media

Migrations can take weeks longer when caribou encounter roads, study finds

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports last month found that roads significantly changed some of the western Arctic caribou herd's behavior and delayed their migrations. The herd has one ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Where’s Rudolph? Inside the Decline of Alaska’s Caribou

As Christmas approaches, young eyes will be focused on the sky searching for a glimpse of Santa and his reindeer—or are they caribou? The differences between the two are mostly taxonomic—both are ...