A study published in Global Change Biology shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective ...

However, an adult elk is taller and weighs more than an adult caribou. Caribou is also the only species in the deer family where both male and female grow antlers, whereas female elk do not grow ...

ETYMOLOGY: The word caribou comes from French explorers of eastern North America who derived it from the Micmac Indian term xalibu, meaning the “one who paws.” This is a reference to the caribou's ...

Besides battling for this animal under the Act, the Center has also made a priority of curbing snowmobile use in the caribou's key feeding and calving areas, in 2005 joining five partner organizations ...

Reindeer and caribou are the same species, but the vast, wild herds in northern Canada and Alaska are referred to as caribou. It is these herds that are faring the worst, according to scientists ...

These female caribou — part of North America's largest ... They have special bacteria in their gut to help them digest it and are the only species to use lichen as a food source.