Caribou is also the only species in the deer family where both male and female grow antlers, whereas female elk do not grow ...

(CN) — Just in time for Christmas, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday added two species of caribou or “reindeer” to its list of federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act.

Background Caribou once had a broad range across the lower 48 states, including the northern Rockies in Washington, Idaho and Montana, the upper Midwest and the Northeast. But by 1983, when they were ...

Caribou, called reindeer in Europe, are members of the deer family. "The species is iconic," says Dr. Marco Musiani, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Bologna and an adjunct professor at ...

Overhunting of caribou during the late 1800s and early 1900s eventually pushed the species to the point where it could not recover in New Brunswick. (New Brunswick Provincial Archives) ...

The U.S. Endangered Species Act is a law with teeth and—even though American conservationists did not get as much habitat set aside as they sought for the mountain caribou—the 12,145 hectares ...

Now the mountain caribou is extirpated from the United States, listed as a species at risk of extinction by the British Columbian government and also listed as endangered by the Committee on the ...

Washington-based wildlife tracker, author and photographer David Moskowitz detailed the plight of our state’s mountain caribou population in Seattle magazine more than two years ago. Moskowitz dives ...

Oct. 29—Caribou will remain a state-protected species despite being extinct in Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to keep the protection ...

Caribou, called reindeer in Europe, are members of the deer family. "The species is iconic," says Dr. Marco Musiani, PhD, a professor at the University of Bologna and an adjunct professor at UCalgary.