Group seeks endangered species listing for Alaska’s freshwater seals
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for additional protections for the 400 harbor seals that live at Iliamna Lake in Southwest Alaska.
Wildlife
Worries about visitor safety amid bears prompt Katmai National Park to propose permit system
If the permitting doesn’t improve visitor safety in the park, parts of the Brooks River Corridor could be closed to the public, the superintendent said.
Orphaned animals find new home at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Photos: Artemis the musk ox and Calliope the lynx are now living among the mostly orphaned, injured or abandoned animals at the center southeast of Anchorage.
Environmental groups give notice they’ll sue to protect Cook Inlet belugas from oil and gas operations
The groups contend that NOAA’s authorization for Hilcorp Alaska to “take” marine mammals incidental to its operations is harming the whales.
Survey shows continuing population decline for Cook Inlet belugas
A biennial NOAA survey in 2018 estimated the population of the white whales at 250 to 317.
People report odd interactions with lynx as their numbers grow in Anchorage
Snowshoe hare populations are up in Southcentral Alaska — and the lynx population is following suit.
Door camera records young moose trapping Anchorage man in his shed
Curtis Phelps at first couldn’t get his wife or daughter to answer their cellphones to let him know whether the moose had moved away.
Fairbanks woman killed moose that was eating from her haystack, troopers say
The woman was issued a summons for taking a moose out of season and a citation for negligently feeding game.
Massive die-off of Pacific seabirds linked to a warm-water ‘blob’
New research shows the marine heat wave that spread from California to Alaska starting in 2014 caused common murres to starve to death.
The Alaska blackfish is in a class of its own
This evolutionary loner will tough it out in conditions other fish can’t handle.
‘They got revenge big time’: Dead ducks set Juneau family’s house on fire
The ducks, brought home after a hunt, were ignited by a porch light left on overnight.
Bear blamed for thousands of dollars in damage to cars at Kodiak airport parking lot
One woman parked her car for two days at the lot and returned to find a caved-in roof, broken window, ripped seats, and muddy bear prints and fur covering her car.
Agency agrees to designate habitat for threatened ice seals
The Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday it had reached an agreement with the Commerce Department for the Trump administration to issue a critical habitat rule for ringed and bearded seals.
Decrease in Southwest Alaska caribou herd worries wildlife managers
Causes could include the animals trampling their food, heavy predation from wolves and overhunting by humans, according to Fish and Game.
State warning: That animal killing chickens and rabbits in Anchorage is a wolverine
The normally reclusive predator has been spotted in neighborhoods near Elmore Road.
Brown and black bears are still awake in the Anchorage area, biologists warn
A homeowner in Eagle River shot and killed a brown bear early Wednesday after it raided a chicken coop.
Federal habitats to help protect humpback whales could be extended to Alaska
Critical habitat designation limits the effects of climate change, direct harvest of prey in commercial fisheries, ocean noise, and pollution created by federal agencies or federal actions, a NOAA spokeswoman said.
Woman recounts encounter with wolverine that left cat covered in slobber
Lenny didn’t have a wound on him but hasn’t been the same since, his owner says.
What colonies and shoulder-season sightings tell us about Alaska’s little brown bats
Some researchers believe little brown bats hibernate in Interior Alaska instead of migrating south through the mountains.
Alaska’s feline Bigfoot? Mountain lion sightings reported in Delta Junction
Biologists say they’ve been unable to confirm several reported sightings, including one from a resident who’s sure a cougar showed up in his yard.