Thousands of "visitors" from Alaska's 40 Mile caribou herd have crossed the border into the Yukon in recent weeks, and U.S. wildlife officials hope the herd's Canadian foray will become a regular ...

Biologists are celebrating the triumphant return of the 40 Mile Caribou Herd to the Yukon after the animals' 50-year absence. Up to 500,000 caribou once ranged from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, but ...

There are many factors involved in managing game populations. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is saddled with that task. In discussing the subject with a biologist, numbers and studies will ...

Nora Carlson, 8, watches caribou from the Fortymile Herd from the bow of a canoe. (Ned Rozell) Floating down the Fortymile River, we heard the roar of a rapid just ahead.

Christmas is a time of Santa Claus and lights, church, trees and presents, but no Christmas is complete without one of the most emblematic images of the holiday season: reindeer. And many people ...

FAIRBANKS - Hunters hoping to bag a Fortymile caribou right next to the Steese Highway will need more than luck. They’ll also need speed dial. With a bulk of the 50,000-animal Fortymile Caribou ...

Hunters are reminded to call the Fortymile Caribou Herd Hotline (907) 267-2310 for updates about the hunt quota and bag limit before departing for the field to learn of zone closures.

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska (KTUU) - Nearly one million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve will now be protected for the Teshekpuk ...

The caribou cow Clyde Morry killed belonged to the Western Arctic herd, sometimes simply called the Western. At the time, in early 2021, the Western was one of Alaska’s largest groups of caribou.