Indigenous groups prompt Canadian province to reconsider caribou designation
An Atlantic Canadian province is putting off a decision to list regional caribou herds as endangered after pushback from Indigenous
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Roads deadly for reindeer in Arctic Sweden
Twice as many reindeer have been killed on the roads in northern Sweden this month compared to the same period
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More than 200 polar bears assembled on beach in Arctic Russia
A group of tourists on board the Russian cruise ship «Akademik Shokalsky» got a sight of their life when they
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ANWR takes tiny step down rocky Senate road
The effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling made a baby step forward in the Senate
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Dozens of dead moose discovered in Arctic Finland
Dozens of moose carcasses were discovered last spring in a Lapland national park, and Finland’s animal disease watchdog Evira has
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Lack of sea ice has deep impact on wildlife and upcoming weather in Alaska
Sea ice is sparse in Arctic waters off Alaska, and the implications for animals, upcoming winter weather and next year’s ice
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Is hunting with drones ethical? Canada’s Yukon territory says ‘no’
The issue of drones and hunting has become an increasingly hot-button issue in many areas of rural Canada, but at
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Grouse declines lead to strict hunting regulations in Arctic Norway
Willow grouse population in northernmost Norway is reduced to less than a quarter compared with two years ago. Finnmarkseiendommen, the
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Researchers ask citizens to monitor Alaska berries
A group of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are hoping to give pickers better data on when berries
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Finland raises bear hunting quotas
Finnish hunting clubs have received permits to hunt 255 bears during this year’s hunting season, which began on Sunday. This
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Walruses gather in Alaska at earliest date ever recorded
Several hundred Pacific walruses have started to gather on an island off the northwest coast of Alaska — the earliest
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Goose population shrinks in southern Alaska, but grows in Arctic
For decades, the crowds of small, dark sea geese on the tundra of southwestern Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have been thinning,
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Bill allowing road through wildlife refuge in Alaska passes U.S. House
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the remote Southwest Alaska town of King Cove the
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U.S. House inches toward drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see the coastal plain of
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Can the isolated Alaska town of King Cove get its road under the Trump administration?
The message from the Trump administration official was blunt, chastising Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s communications director for sending a press release that
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