Caribou are the only deer species in which females also have antlers, and experts have long assumed that these antlers are ...

Why do female reindeer have antlers? It’s a question that has long perplexed scientists, since reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)—also known as caribou—are the only species of deer whose cows sport the bony ...

Caribou mothers gnaw on their own antlers for nutrition after their long migration in the cold and dry climate of the Arctic tundra, a new study reveals. Caribous, also called reindeer, are the only ...

Caribou, large deer that are native to the northernmost parts of the world (and sometimes called reindeer), are the only deer whose females grow antlers. In a study published today, researchers ...

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of shed antlers collected from calving grounds in the Arctic National ...

The Bronx Zoo’s beloved blind gorilla, who was featured in an Animal Planet docuseries, died of an ‘acute cardiac event,” the zoo announced Tuesday. Ntondo, a male western lowland gorilla who lived in ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation is testing smart lighting technology in Kodiak as part of a new pilot program. Using A.I. detection, the system identifies pedestrians in real time and ...

The Bureau of Land Management opened nominations last week for the first-ever oil and gas lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, setting the stage for development that ...

Reducing wolves to protect endangered caribou doesn't always deliver the expected results, and the shape of the land may be the deciding factor. That's according to research led by doctoral student ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

Clear Street has initiated Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) at buy, saying that the company is poised to benefit from its pipeline of off-the-shelf CAR-T therapies for cancer indications. Shares are up ~6% ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...