Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way ...

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 ...

Alaska’s remote Western Arctic caribou herd has been a heated topic of discussion in recent years. The herd’s declining population has been the catalyst for massive closures of public lands to non – ...

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 ...

Alaska subsistence hunters struggling with caribou declines and lost hunting opportunities got a message at a March gathering in Anchorage: They are not alone. Across the circumpolar north, caribou ...

State biologists have found an unusual disease among caribou in Southwest Alaska. The disease is called brucellosis, caused by the bacteria brucella. It can be lethal to caribou and can lead to ...

Caribou cross through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in their 2012 spring migration. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, long one of the largest in North America, has declined ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska's largest caribou herd fell by 20 percent between 2003 and 2007, according the latest count by the state Department of Fish and Game. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd ...

Homo sapiens have walked this earth, scientists tell us, for 300,000 years. But only for the last 10,000—roughly 3% of that time—have we been anything but hunters and gatherers. At that point, some of ...