Most deer species only have antlers in males, used for fighting and attracting mates. However, female caribou (also called reindeer) are exceptional, they grow antlers too. This rare trait has ...

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, 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 ...

As winters warm, white-tailed deer push ever northward in North America. A recent study in Global Change Biology suggests that climate change is driving these habitat shifts — changes that may further ...

As the climate changes, animals are doing what they can to adapt. Researchers from UBC Okanagan—which includes partners from Biodiversity Pathways' Wildlife Science Center, the Alberta Biodiversity ...

As the climate changes, animals are doing what they can to adapt. Researchers from UBC Okanagan—which includes partners from Biodiversity Pathways’ Wildlife Science Centre, the Alberta Biodiversity ...

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

Wildlife ecologists have seen white-tailed deer expanding their range in North America over many decades. And since the early-2000s these deer... Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species ...

Climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds, new research suggests. “We might need to do additional management actions if our goal is to ...

In eastern British Columbia it was once impossible to count caribou. “Our elders said that they used to be as thick as bugs on the landscape,” said Roland Willson, chief of West Moberly First Nations, ...

White-tailed deer have expanded their range in North America over many decades. Since the early-2000s, these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western Canada. These forests are full of ...