Recent warmth and daylong rain on Monday melted snow and ice, causing rivers to rise and frozen chunks to back up in places.

The N.W.T. government is investigating nine cases of caribou wastage involving 48 caribou, an increase from last winter. The ...

Caribou have long legs ... They also use their hooves to dig through ice-packed snow to find plants and lichen on the tundra below the snow. Their fur is very thick, and their long hollow hairs ...

Dolphin and Union caribou are threatened primarily by climate change and hunting pressure. The population must cross sea ice to migrate from its wintering grounds to calving grounds on Victoria Island ...