{"id":97748,"date":"2026-04-11T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97748"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:15:24","slug":"caribou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/caribou\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribou"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Caribou Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a study by researchers Lichen continues to decline across the Arctic and caribou populations could struggle to survive the winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Caribou<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of cervidae<\/span><b> or deer family.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Scientific Name:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rangifer tarandus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It survives in<\/span><b> Arctic, subarctic, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tundra-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_blank\">tundra<\/a>, boreal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and mountainous regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in Greenland, <\/span><b>Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, and Canada.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Physical adoption:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>nasal turbinate bones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which serve to increase the surface area in their nostrils. Cold air can thus be warmed up by their body heat prior to entering their lungs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Both male and female<\/b> <b>caribou grow antlers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which they shed and regrow every year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Caribou (called reindeer in Eurasia) are one of the few animals that <\/span><b>can eat and digest lichen<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribou dig through snow in a <\/span><b>behavior known as &#8216;cratering&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Migration: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They<\/span><b> travel distances<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are greater than those traveled by any other terrestrial mammal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have the <\/span><b>ability to see ultraviolet light<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 helps them to recognize predators in time and find food.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Caribou<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Red List: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vulnerable<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Threats: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habitat destruction and Climate change<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/caribou-survival-depends-on-lichen-and-snow-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribou survives in Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions. 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