U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories. Caribou are the most abundant large mammal species on land ...

Western Arctic Caribou Herd population trends are shown over time. (Graph by Alaska ... of caribou trails that had been etched into tundra terrain over multiple years of migration was instructive ...

Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the Alaska map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak’s ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that ...

I was especially amazed by the arctic landscapes of Canada and Alaska where we filmed the Caribou Migration ... in the hope that they would cross our path. And here, it felt even wilder.

A study published in Global Change Biology shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective ... square kilometers in northwest Alaska for 11 years, from 2009 to ...