NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Max Graham, a writer for High Country News, about Alaska's declining caribou population, and the state's plan to save them by shooting predators like grizzlies and wolves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bureau of Land Management opened nominations last week for the first-ever oil and gas lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic ...

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.

When Janet Bavilla was a teenager, it wasn’t hard to find caribou. The animals swept across the land, dozens or even hundreds at a time, passing near her village on Alaska’s Bering Sea coast. On ...

As Christmas approaches, young eyes will be focused on the sky searching for a glimpse of Santa and his reindeer—or are they caribou? The differences between the two are mostly taxonomic—both are ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two animals in the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd are seen on June 27, 2014, in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The Trump ...