The Canadian government is threatening to use emergency measures to protect three caribou herds at risk of dying out in ...
these caribou remain only in British Columbia. The protections are in part a response to a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and allies. “It’s exciting news that these unique reindeer ...
Reindeer, or caribou, are members of the deer family Cervidae. Deer, elk, moose, and wapiti are also members of this family.
Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, are familiar hoofed animals that live in cold climates near the North Pole. In many societies, children learn about reindeer from a very early age. This is true even if ...
In Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., the local hunters and trappers committee is leading efforts to save the Dolphin and Union Caribou herd, which became the first population designated as endangered under N.W ...
With heavily muscled bodies, skinny legs, and strong hooves that balloon to the size of dinner plates come winter, mountain caribou — the "mountain ecotype" of the woodland caribou — are well adapted ...
VANCOUVER — A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had “no detectable effect” on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study says. This advertisement has ...
In 2016, the Val-d’Or boreal caribou population, in northwestern Quebec, was already on the edge of disappearing. A survey counted 18 animals. That year, the Quebec Liberal government announced ...
A new study highlights the importance of caribou and muskoxen to the greening Arctic tundra, linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra. The story of Arctic greening ...
Photo by Ian McAllister via Pacific Wild. The B.C. government justifies its annual wolf kill by saying it’s needed to protect endangered caribou.
Southern Lakes caribou include four herds of woodland ... one of special concern in 2014 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. In 1993, the combined population of ...