A fossil mammal tooth smaller than a grain of rice does not announce itself loudly. It must be hard won from sediment and ...

The Mulchatna caribou herd is expected to begin calving soon, and the babies are particularly susceptible to being eaten by bears or wolves.

Court Allows Alaska Wildlife Agents to Cull Bears From Helicopters After Judge’s Ruling ...

Alaska wildlife agents have been given the green light to resume shooting black and brown bears, including from helicopters, ...

Fossilized teeth discovered in Alaska’s far north have revealed three previously unknown mammal species that lived 73 million ...

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form ...

Encounters with humans from 2017 to 2021 killed hundreds of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals that swim in Alaska waters, along with dozens of Alaska whales, according to a new federal report ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Borealpox virus was formerly known as Alaskapox. Researchers assessed six cases reported between 2020 and 2023 ...

The federal government has failed to give adequate information on deaths of killer whales and other marine mammals that become entangled in commercial trawling gear in Alaska waters, claims a lawsuit ...

The road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, which is opposed by environmental groups, has long been sought by the coastal community of King Cove. A contentious land exchange that paves the ...

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Steller sea lions bask on rocks in the Gulf of Alaska on June 29, 2003, with the research vessel Tiglax sailing in the background. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Encounters with ...