The herd that roams between northeastern Alaska and northwestern Canada is down in size from the all-time high counted in ...
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 ...
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 ...
A polar bear and cubs search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left from the village's subsistence hunting at the end of an unused airstrip on a spit of land near the village, Tuesday, ...
“I’m just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia,” says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. Until recently he and his wife would pick summer berries on a ...
JUNEAU, Alaska – President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic ...