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Scientist who saw drowned polar bears reprimanded

An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been reprimanded for improper release of government documents.

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BIRDS OF ALASKA

Researchers find malaria turning up in Alaska birds

A new study reports that a form of malaria, generally considered a tropical disease, is being contracted by birds as far north as Fairbanks. "It is predicted that malaria parasites will spread to both higher altitudes and latitudes with global warming," it says.
WILDLIFE NEWS

'Glacier deer' spotted in Southeast

Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Phil Mooney spotted the white-ish Sitka black-tailed deer last month on Baranof Island, KCAW reports.
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Alaska birds pick up malaria strain in warming climate

A strain of malaria found in birds and unable to infect humans has been detected in Alaska birds from Anchorage to Fairbanks latitudes, say scientists writing in the journal PLOS ONE . The Kodiak Daily Mirror (subscription required) says the San Francisco State University-led research team...
ALASKA NEWSREADER

State biologist photographs 'glacier deer' near Sitka

A couple weeks ago it was the white moose in Delta Junction . Now it's the white deer of Sitka, reports KCAW . It's not an albino.
MARINE WILDLIFE

Environmental group sues to protect ringed, bearded seals

An environmental group Wednesday sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, claiming the federal agency has failed to decide whether two ice-dependent seals found off the northern coast of Alaska should be listed as threatened or endangered.
BIRDS OF ALASKA

Study of rare bird ongoing in Kodiak

Data collected during a summer study by the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge may help put the Kittlitz's Murrelet, a rare black-and-white Alaskan seabird, on the endangered species list.
MOOSE

White moose with calf spotted in Delta Junction

A white moose that has been seen around Delta Junction for several years has shown up again, this time with a brown calf in tow. Tim Barnes, who was visiting from Quincy, Ill., took a picture of the moose after he first spotted it. "I couldn't -- what's the word -- believe what I was seeing," Barnes...
BEAR ATTACKS

Denali Park hiker's camera offers clues to bear attack

The grizzly bear that killed a lone backpacker Friday in Denali National Park appeared unaware a person was close for nearly the whole time the man was snapping pictures from maybe 40 yards away. Richard White took 26 pictures of the bear with his digital camera over a span of nearly 8 minutes.
BEAR ATTACKS

San Diego man dies in Denali grizzly attack

A grizzly attacked and killed a lone backpacker in Denali National Park and Preserve on Friday after the man encountered the bear next to a river and lingered there snapping pictures, according to the National Park Service. The victim was later identified as a 49-year-old San Diego man.
SOUTHEAST

Glacier Bay tour boat hits rocks in bear-viewing maneuver

The captain of a sightseeing vessel that apparently struck a rock in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park had been trying to get the vessel nearer shore so passengers could see brown bears.