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Woodland caribou populations are on the decline because human activity changes their habitat and exposes them to predation by wolves. But changing wolves’ hunting habits may protect the caribou.
An Indigenous-led effort to increase caribou abundance and cultural practices like hunting is successfully increasing the caribou population
Genetic analysis of caribou populations reveals that some groups are genetically more predisposed to migrating than others. But human activities are affecting these behaviours.
The hunting territories of wolves in the northern boreal forests are changing, in part due to the convenience of trails built for logging. This has placed caribou at an even greater risk.
The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, but efforts to tackle it risk alienating the people who live there.
Canada needs a national board of advisers to hold Parks Canada’s feet to the fire and shield it from political interference.
For everyone from traditional hunters to the military, the National Park Service to the oil industry, climate change is the new reality in Alaska. Government, residents and businesses are all trying to adapt.
Canada’s national parks don’t need more visitors. They could use more scientists, and better science, to help conserve the country’s species.
The effects of climate change are being strongly felt in the North, but how caribou respond depends on what changes occur.
Melting Arctic sea ice may be causing fewer caribou calf births and higher calf mortality in Greenland, researchers have…
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