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Joshua Rapp Learn

Genes reveal caribou are specialized to unique habitats

May 27, 2022

Caribou in northwestern Canada are often divided between two major groups. Barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) make massive migrations across the continent. Woodland caribou (R.t. caribou) also travel, but not nearly at the same …

David Frey

WSB: Marksmen outperform hunters eliminating infected herd

November 27, 2019

Chronic wasting disease has mostly affected North American wildlife, but when it appeared among reindeer in Norway in 2016, authorities took drastic action. Government officials ordered the eradication of the entire CWD-infected herd of 2,000 …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Wild Cam: Svalbard Reindeer rebound after near extirpation

November 14, 2019

At 35 degrees Fahrenheit, it was a relatively warm day in an Arctic archipelago far north of the Norwegian mainland. But drift ice still floated in the balmy summer water when the small boat Mathilde …

FYI News

New map illustrates caribou decline in Canada

October 28, 2019

Caribou populations are dropping all across Canada, with one herd — the South Selkirk — in British Columbia down to just three females by April 2018. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) herds are complex in Canada, with …

FYI News

Norway to cull reindeer herd to stem CWD

April 7, 2017

Alarmed by the appearance of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Norway, the country’s agriculture and food minister has approved a plan for hunters to cull an entire herd of 2,000 reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). The plan …

Conservation News

Could reindeer be slowing climate change?

January 18, 2017

As the climate warms and permafrost thaws, some tundra dwellers might be helping cool the planet. By grazing heavily and decreasing the height and prevalence of shrubs, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) allow the earth to reflect …

Dana Kobilinsky

Chronic wasting disease detected in Europe for first time

April 21, 2016

A reindeer in Norway has been diagnosed with chronic wasting disease, a deadly disease that targets cervids, earlier this month. This is the first time the disease, which was first detected in the United States …

Spotlight

Announcing the March 2016 issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin

March 29, 2016

The March 2016 issue (Vol. 40.1) contains 25 papers on a wide array of subjects including a special section titled “Risks Posed by Captive Cervids” that developed from a special session convened at the 2014 …

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