Caribou cross through Gates of the Arctic ... who has done similar research in other parts of Alaska. A map shows the changes in lichen cover in northwest Alaska from 1985 to 2020.

The June migration of Alaska’s Porcupine herd ... Judas had grown up hunting caribou in the forests near his home in Wekweeti. His mental maps of the landscape, as well as his people’s ...

“Alaska is America’s natural resource warehouse ... There would also be fragmentation of Western Arctic caribou migration paths at a level never before seen; disruption of salmon, sheefish ...

Across Alaska, caribou herds are subject to constant cycles of growth and decline. Along with these population changes, it’s important to note that caribou will also change their range and migration ...

Alaska’s caribou are a vital source of food for many rural communities. But as climate change and other challenges affect herd numbers and migration, what should be done to ensure they’re ...

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.

But we’ve got nothing on caribou, whose land migration is the longest of any ... But others, especially in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, embark on long trips every year. In springtime they ...

Female caribou shed their antlers within days of giving birth, leaving behind a record of their annual travels across Alaska and ... nature's longest overland migration, traveling as far as ...