The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou Herd ...

Two bull caribou of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd swimming across the Kobuk River during fall 2011 migration in Kobuk Valley National Park. The herd has been in decline since hitting its peak ...

(Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game wardens hunt down unlimited numbers of bears from helicopters over a ...

Alaska Natives are suing after the Trump administration removed protections for an area important to subsistence hunting.

Alaska officials are seeking emergency authorization to keep killing bears and wolves in a region in the western part of the state even though a judge ruled a week ago that the state predator control ...

The state of Alaska is once again asking the Board of Game to allow wildlife managers to shoot bears from helicopters in a rural part of Southwest Alaska in the interest of increasing caribou numbers.

Alaska subsistence hunters struggling with caribou declines and lost hunting opportunities got a message at a March gathering in Anchorage: They are not alone. Across the circumpolar north, caribou ...

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports last month found that roads significantly changed some of the western Arctic caribou herd's behavior and delayed their migrations. The herd has one ...

Gwich’in leaders are renewing their legal challenge to protect the Arctic Refuge and the Porcupine caribou herd that has sustained northern communities for generations after US plans reopened the door ...

State wildlife officials have now killed a total of 180 brown bears on Southwest Alaska caribou calving grounds in just over a year as part of a contested strategy to restore the renowned Mulchatna ...

Juneau, Alaska — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the ...