Caribou, large deer that are native to the northernmost parts of the world (and sometimes called reindeer), are the only deer whose females grow antlers. In a study published today, researchers ...

In the harsh Arctic tundra, survival runs on a strict budget of calories and minerals, and every nutrient matters. Yet female reindeer and caribou invest precious energy into growing something that ...

Caribou are the only deer species in which females also have antlers, and experts have long assumed that these antlers are ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of shed antlers collected from calving grounds in the Arctic National ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.

In the remote stretches of the Tonquin Valley, a population of caribou is teetering on the brink of local extinction. But a first-of-its-kind breeding centre just south of the Jasper townsite has seen ...

Subsistence hunters in Northwest Alaska and several North Slope communities are now allowed to hunt only 15 caribou a year – a significant decrease from five animals a day. Non-local hunters are ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dec. 18, 2025 — Dr. Elie Gurarie from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) partnered with the Global Initiative on Ungulate Migration to produce new maps ...