A caribou skull is seen on Feb. 21, 2012, on the frozen tundra in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The preserve is part of the range historically used by the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. That ...

Alaska wildlife officials, normally so careful with grizzly bear numbers and hunting mortality, have done something that seems harsh and unwise. In an effort to revive the famed Mulchatna caribou herd ...

(CN) — A dispute between the state of Alaska and the federal government over who has the rights to 20,000 acres of land in ...

Several people spoke up last week about a proposal to reduce the bag limit for Western Arctic Caribou on federal lands. The Federal Subsistence Board held a public listening session last week about ...

Alaska’s vast wilderness has long been a haven for hunters seeking adventure and the chance to pursue big game in one of the most rugged landscapes in the world. For the 2025-2026 hunting season, the ...

As spring arrived in southwestern Alaska, a handful of people from the state Department of Fish and Game rose early and climbed into small airplanes. Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of ...

An aerial program to remove predators from caribou calving grounds in Southwest Alaska has wrapped up its second year with a total of 81 brown bears and 14 wolves killed between May 10 and June 5, the ...

Wildlife officials in Alaska are pushing back on a state supreme court decision to halt an aerial predator-control program they say is necessary to help reverse caribou declines. Less than two weeks ...

Jun. 23—State wildlife officials have now killed a total of 180 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 gathering in Anchorage last week: They are not alone. That puts into perspective declines ...