Recent research out of the University of British Columbia led by Dr. Clayton Lamb tracked the migration patterns of certain threatened herds of caribou across Canada. The conclusion? The patterns were ...

Decades of data following the migratory patterns of endangered caribou show that migration areas have decreased significantly. Researchers are concerned that resource extraction is disturbing caribou ...

Delegates are gathering in Campo Grande, Brazil, for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) on the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. The meeting aims to address ...

When talking about caribou, most people probably think of some version of Santa Claus’s reindeer. Although real-life reindeer sadly do not exhibit any of the fantastical traits associated with helping ...

My name is Cyrus Harris. I’m Iñupiaq from Sisualik, 12 miles across Kotzebue Sound from Kotzebue, and a co-chair of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group. I want to talk about the fall caribou ...

Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds for more than 3,000 years. Female caribou shed their antlers within days of giving birth, leaving behind a record of their annual travels across ...

Walking through the herd, there’s a feeling of connection, but also a recognition of the caribou’s fragility. The translucent ...

Each spring and fall, groups of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) undertake marathon migrations of up to 400 kilometers, the longest of any land animal. “It’s a phenomenal behavior,” says University of ...