Wildlife
Mad at your ex? For Valentine’s Day, this Anchorage bird rescue center will name a rat after them and feed it to a raptor
In exchange for donations, the nonprofit’s second annual “Love Hurts” fundraiser will give your ex’s name to a rat or worm that is then fed to one of its beaked creatures.
Polar bear fur could hold the secret to replacing ‘forever chemicals’
In a new study, scientists solve a mystery hiding in polar bear fur. The answer might help us all.
When a 1,000-pound moose fell into an icy New York lake, rescuers had to get creative
“There’s no training manual for getting a moose out of the ice,” said Lt. Robert Higgins, a conservation police officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska trend in opposite directions
The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of shrub growth, a product of climate change.
Biden administration keeps grizzly protections in place, teeing fight with Trump
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected pleas from western states to remove the bears from the Endangered Species Act list, even after they rebounded from historic lows in the Lower 48.
The mystery of 53 dead caribou more than five decades ago
Scientists believe it was a lightning strike that likely killed the animals at a site about 33 miles southwest of Delta Junction.
Orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so again after death of new calf
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, made world headlines in 2018 when she carried the body of her dead calf for 17 days.
State proposes killing 100 wolves a year to benefit moose between Denali and Lake Clark parks
State employees firing from planes and helicopters over a large game unit could also target bears in a proposal before the Alaska Board of Game in January.
Scientists just confirmed the largest bird-killing event in modern history
A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean killed some 4 million common murres in Alaska, researchers say — the largest die-off of any bird species ever recorded in the modern era.
Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest bird, is still laying eggs at 74
Wisdom has been a symbol of hope for the species while expanding scientists’ knowledge of seabirds.