The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...

The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...

A study published in Global Change Biology shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on ... 360,000 square kilometers in northwest Alaska for 11 years, from 2009 to 2020.

The animals, dozens of them, were dead. The pilot reported what he saw to officials at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The caribou, 48 adults and five calves, were lying in a group.

Rick Thoman, a climate researcher at University of Alaska Fairbanks, edited the report and said the NOAA report card also documents rapid declines in caribou herds. “Particularly the large ...

Best Time to Visit: The best time to visit Alaska is during the summer months, beginning in mid-May through mid-September ... the great caribou migration happens at specific times of year ...

The animals, dozens of them, were dead. The pilot reported what he saw to officials at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The caribou, 48 adults and five calves, were lying in a group.

Tying migration to particular genes in caribou could have conservation implications, Musiani says. “With the expansion of human populations and with the increase in human infrastructure, these animals ...

I was especially amazed by the arctic landscapes of Canada and Alaska where we filmed the Caribou Migration. For thousands of kilometres there is no infrastructure, there are no roads, telephone ...