Animals put on fat for winter, not in winter – according to conventional thinking. But researchers learned caribou on the tundra of Southwest Alaska gained body fat and muscle mass in winter. And not just any caribou, pregnant and lactating females. Learn more in Alaska Fish and Wildlife News

Across Alaska, bears are hibernating in winter dens, and some are deeply buried in snow. Why don’t they suffocate? How do they get out? Ask a Wildlife Biologist has answers.

Winter wildlife presentations and the Oliver Inlet tram are also featured.

Riley Woodford riley.woodford@alaska.gov

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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