Lessons from Alaska walrus bones, dusty and stinky
Walrus bones can provide a wealth of information to scientists, but they aren’t always clean or odor-free.
Wildlife
Alaska officials to residents: Don’t feed moose, even if they look skinny
Reports of intentional and unintentional feedings have come from Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
The secret life of a red fox family
A year’s worth of observation allows for the documentation of the growth and eventual split of the family.
Kaktovik man gets prison sentence after killing polar bear and letting the meat go to waste
A judge sentenced him to three months in federal prison, a year of parole and a $4,500 fine.
Oil companies can’t accurately locate polar bear dens in the Alaska Arctic, study finds
That failure could pose a grave risk to mothers and their cubs in the dens, which are hidden under snow and ice, if the Trump administration finalizes its plan to expand drilling into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Want a close-up view of Alaska’s famous McNeil River bears? Applications are due soon.
People who want see brown bears dine on salmon at the remote sanctuary have less than two weeks to apply for guided viewing.
Wildlife officials prepare for Anchorage moose survey with help from citizens
The moose survey runs from Friday through Sunday. Citizens can call, text or visit the Fish and Game website to report moose sightings.
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.
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.