Wildlife

Polar Sea Polar Bears

Biologists examine the teeth of a darted adult female polar bear during a five-week expedition in the Arctic Ocean in October 2009. They were aboard the Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Sea along with other scientists studying polar bears and sea ice.

The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea transported scientists during a five-week voyage in the Arctic Ocean in the fall of 2009 to study polar bears, the sea ice and the ocean.

Polar Sea Ice Diving

A comb-jelly (Mertensia ovum) drifts for prey under the ice pack in the Arctic Ocean. These jellies have sticky cells on their tentacles which differ from the stinging cells of the Lion's Mane jellyfish.

Researchers traveling aboard the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea dive beneath Arctic Ocean ice in October, 2009, to study polar bears, the sea ice and the ocean.

Urban Moose

A pair of moose feed on snow laden trees in a west Anchorage neighborhood on Thursday December 17, 2009.

About 700 to 1,000 moose call the Anchorge Bowl home in the winter months, with 200 to 300 staying year round.

Midtown Moose

A bull moose browsed in Cuddy Family Midtown Park on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, before walking down B Street on his way to crossing Tudor Road.

A bull moose browsed in Cuddy Family Midtown Park on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, before walking down B Street on his way to crossing Tudor Road.

Pumpkin Treats

More than 1,600 pumpkins were donated to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center by Carrs Safeway and Fred Meyer after Halloween 2009. Elk, bears, bison, coyotes, moose and caribou will feast on the orange treats through the winter months.

Over 1,600 pumpkins were donated to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center by Carrs Safeway and Fred Meyer after Halloween 2009. Elk, bear, bison, coyote, moose and caribou will feast on the orange treat through the winter months.

Alaska Wildlife sightings

Location: Barter Island Enjoy

If you've got a cool shot of an animal roaming the wilderness, or streets, of Alaska...that's not a bear or moose (see other galleries), this is the place.

READER PHOTOS

Bear sightings

Summertime is bear time, and the black and browns running around town make your sightings fascinating and important.

Moose sightings

Moose pictures submitted by our readers.

Moose sightings archive

Alaska Wolves

Wolf photos from around Alaska.

Nice catch

Fishing photos from around the state

2010 Ski for Women

Location: Ski for Women 2010, 2/7/10 Providence Pediatric Potatoes

Check out scenes from the 14th Ski for Women race, the annual event held at Kincaid Park on Super Bowl Sunday for those not obsessed with football.

READER-SUBMITTED

Hunting gallery

Submit your hunting photos to our gallery.

Life in the Bush

Readers share photos of living in remote Alaska villages.