Alaska officials hope to protect a struggling caribou herd & bring back a critical subsistence hunt. Critics say the culling program isn't supported by available science.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A population decline is continuing in one of North America’s biggest caribou herds, threatening hunting opportunities for rural residents who depend on the animals for food. The Western Arctic Caribou ...

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 ...