Wildlife

One killer whale was caught this season by trawlers targeting flatfish in the Bering Sea, down from nine last year. The trawlers had deployed underwater web fences to try to keep killer whales from getting entangled in their nets.

Organizers introduced this year’s contestants on Tuesday — a day late — because one anticipated participant, a female known as 402, was killed by a male bear.

Thursday’s decision was the latest development in a yearslong fight over seal protections in Arctic Alaska.

Scientists are studying whether changes in water temperature may have played a role.

Katmai National Park’s wildly popular annual celebration of ursine behemoths is about to begin.

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world. But it caused a stir earlier this year on St. Paul Island.

Donna Gail Shaw has maintained a hidden network of trail cameras that record the life-and-death wildlife dramas that play out in the backyard of Alaska’s biggest city.

Porbeagle sharks aren’t known to have predators, but a new study says it recorded the first instance of the species being preyed upon by another massive shark.

The tourism board in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created the “Selfie Control” tool to reduce conflict between visitors and animals like bison and bears.

“If wasn’t for my dad, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Tyler Johnson said.

The wolf, which left the pair from Alaska with puncture wounds in their legs, was behaving as if prior motorists had fed it, Alaska State Troopers said.

The 32-year-old man was injured by the bear as well as a gunshot as the hunter and his partner tried to stop the attack Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said.

Alaska provides breeding grounds for two populations of sandhill cranes in North America. As migration season nears, they’re being spotted around local farms, streets and backyards.

The humpbacks were found dead in Icy Strait, a popular spot for boaters.

Fishing for the species has been slow as the calendar turns to August.

An opponent of the multiyear bear-killing program is defending her standing to be a plaintiff against the state.

The whale likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing gear, experts said. It is unlikely to survive long without its flukes, which are used for propulsion.

Wildlife managers believe the animals fell through thin ice during break up after examining their remains this summer.

When scientists want to go to Alaska’s most remote islands, they usually get a ride on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s R/V Tiglax.

Its caretaker named the young crow Hope because she’d read legends about white crows being a good omen and a sign of positive change.

Environmentalists say the rule falls short, some hunting advocates say it goes too far, and the legal fight over hunting practices is poised to continue.

Officials with Alaska State Parks had tried on multiple occasions to haze the bears away from the campground, but were unsuccessful.

After a steep population drop in Western Alaska’s reintroduced wood bison herd, a state biologist sees a plan for a new herd in the Interior as promising. But two tribal groups oppose it.