Caribou are the only deer species in which females also have antlers, and experts have long assumed that these antlers are ...
Alaska, even though it has higher birth and fertility rates that the most states, has a trend parallel to the national demographic trend.
Female caribou runs near Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska. Image credits: BLM Alaska. Every year, hundreds of thousands of caribou from ...
New research suggests female reindeer antlers serve as postpartum snacks, with new moms munching on them after giving birth ...
Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous.
Female caribou chew shed antlers to get calcium and phosphorus. These minerals help them produce milk after giving birth.
Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of ...
Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females, like males, have antlers. A new study of shed ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering ...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a call for nominations and comments in its next step toward expanding oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.