The herd that roams between northeastern Alaska and northwestern Canada is down in size from its all-time high but still the state's biggest.

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 ...

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 ...

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — The Porcupine Caribou Herd hit a record high in 2017, according to the results of a July photo census. The new Alaska Department of Fish and Game census puts the herd’s population ...

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 ...

Last summer biologists conducted aerial surveys of the Porcupine Caribou herd for the first time in eight years. Despite the decline, the board says it's not raising red flags just yet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Animals in the Porcupine Caribou Herd forage in 2019 on vegetation at the ledge of a hill adjacent to the Hulahula River in the ...

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA —The Porcupine Caribou Herd hit a record high in 2017, according to the results of a July photo census. The new Alaska Department of Fish and Game census puts the herd’s population ...

The caribou herd that is at the center of the debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has declined by about a third over the past eight years, according to state biologists.