{"id":598823,"date":"2023-08-31T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=598823"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:45:27","slug":"protect-the-caribou-and-their-shrinking-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/animals\/protect-the-caribou-and-their-shrinking-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect the caribou and their shrinking home!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi, I\u2019m Yifeng! I\u2019m a researcher at Queen\u2019s University, and I\u2019m researching an important caribou habitat in an area of coastal Labrador called the permafrost peatlands. That\u2019s where thick layers of decaying plants called peat help the ground stay frozen. And it\u2019s where lichen and other plants grow that caribou love to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caribou have large hooves, huge antlers, and thick, brown fur. They belong to the deer family \u2014 you might also know them as reindeer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These amazing animals live in the arctic tundra and boreal forest in Canada, Alaska, and the western United States, but certain types are also found in Norway, Sweden, and Russia. Their hooves are like big wide shovels that help them dig through the snow for food, and walk on top of the snow instead of sinking in. In the summertime, their footpads grow spongy and springy so they can travel over different types of ground. Plus, caribou hooves can act as paddles to help them swim! Another cool fact? They\u2019re the only member of the deer family where both males and<\/em> females grow antlers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Caribou are great at moving from place to place to find food and shelter, but these days they\u2019re threatened due to climate change in their habitats. We need to do whatever we can to help. That\u2019s where you come in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I can study where and how the permafrost peatlands are changing, it will help us figure out how to help the caribou for years to come. But I can\u2019t do it alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head to the Adoptions section in the Earth Rangers App<\/a> or visit the Earth Rangers Shop to get your Caribou Adoption Kit<\/a> and make a difference today!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hi, I\u2019m Yifeng! I\u2019m a researcher at Queen\u2019s University, and I\u2019m researching an important caribou habitat in an area of coastal Labrador called the permafrost peatlands. That\u2019s where thick layers of decaying plants called peat help the ground stay frozen. And it\u2019s where lichen and other plants grow that caribou love to eat. Caribou have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,449,664,931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ww-adoptions","7":"category-animals","8":"category-mammals","9":"category-all"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}