North America has lost 29% of its wild birds in 50 years
North America’s skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows.
Wildlife
Young seals Uggy and Fritz are released into Kachemak Bay after rehabilitation
Dozens of people gathered at Bishop’s Beach in Homer to watch as the harbor seals were released by the Alaska SeaLife Center.
NOAA sees dramatic increase of ice seal deaths in Bering and Chukchi seas
Ice seal strandings are being reported five times more frequently than they were before 2018.
Fifth straight year of bird die-off in Alaska waters linked to starvation
Warm ocean waters may be a factor in the deaths.
Federal authorities reviewing video of Southeast cruise ship’s close call with killer whales
The whales spout and spyhop as the Volendam passes at what Holland America says was a safe distance.
New marine heat wave looks like the ‘Blob’ that affected Pacific Coast sea life
The expanse of unusually warm water stretches from Alaska to California, researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday .
Groups sue over federal rules they say could harm belugas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
The lawsuit seeks to block rules that would allow certain oil and gas operations by Hilcorp Alaska.
ATV drivers are illegally crossing salmon spawning area on Kodiak Island
During low tide, waters recede to reveal an expanse of mudflats used by ATV drivers.
This sea otter pup got flown to the Alaska SeaLife Center after fire shut down the highway
The Swan Lake fire roared back to life last weekend, closing the highway and prompting a pilot to fly the stranded pup to safety.
A moose charged a 3-year-old in an Anchorage park. His father shot and killed it.
The moose was so close “all I could see was its nostrils and hairs,” Matthew Sanders recounted in a Facebook post.
Alaska salmon deaths blamed on record high temperatures
Dead salmon have shown up in river systems throughout Alaska, and the mortalities are probably connected to warm water or low river water levels, said a Fish and Game official.
When biologists stocked a deer-heavy Southeast Alaska island with wolves
The study, conducted in the 1960s, showed how many factors play into the dynamics of a wild animal population.
'I was afraid the kids might wake up and scream’: Curious moose takes a long look into tent of urban campers
Anchorage mom Hannah Predeger kept her cool as the bull circled a tent sheltering her and four sleeping children in her yard.
State rejects request for emergency wolf buffer next to Denali National Park
Advocates say park visitors are seeing fewer wolves, but Alaska’s Fish and Game commissioner found no urgent conservation crisis to merit a hunting and trapping ban.
‘Like ... a horror movie’: Camper saves family from wolf attack in Canada’s Banff National Park
The family’s tent was in shambles, Russ Fee said, and sticking out of its entrance was the rear end of a large wolf.
Burglar bear fleeing Colorado police crashes through house wall ‘like the Kool-Aid Man’
Colorado has seen recent bear-related home invasions and high-profile car break-ins.
Alaska’s northern wheatears are about to embark on a remarkable journey
Their trip of 9,000 miles — perhaps the longest migration of any songbird — will take three months, until they stop for winter in eastern Africa.
Polar bear encounters in Kaktovik aren’t new. But they’re happening a bit earlier than last year.
Looking over a longer time span, bears in the southern Beaufort Sea "are now using land to an extent they haven’t used it historically,” a researcher said.
Citizen scientists sought for monitoring of Cook Inlet belugas
The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Partnership is offering volunteers an opportunity to help scientists understand more about Inlet belugas.
Thousands of walruses show up early on Northwest Alaska coast as sea ice recedes
Sea ice in the Chukchi Sea disappeared far earlier than normal this spring as a result of exceptionally warm ocean temperatures.