Calf mortality is high, often approaching 50 percent. LIFE CYCLE: Caribou generally live between eight and 15 years. FEEDING: Although caribou eat a wide variety of foods, winter foraging is limited ...

Wildlife officers say meat wastage along the ice road to the diamond mines has risen sharply this winter with nine cases affecting 48 caribou compared to last winter, where a total of 15 caribou ...

Caribou also have a thick, double-layer coat made of hollow, insulating fur which allows them to keep warm in the winter season; they even have fur that grows between their hooves to help keep them ...

Thus, there is still no clear link between early predation mortality on the calving grounds and calf recruitment during fall. A population count of Mulchatna caribou in 2024 noted a sharp increase ...

Wildlife officers say meat wastage along the ice road to the diamond mines has risen sharply this winter with nine cases affecting 48 caribou compared to last winter, where a total of 15 caribou were ...