Biologists survey invasive crawfish in Kodiak Island lake
A team of biologists is surveying a lake on Kodiak Island for crawfish, an invasive species in Alaska that has been observed in higher frequency over past several years.
Wildlife
‘Something needs to be done’: Anchorage Assembly looks at tightening city laws around trash to reduce bear problems
Among the steps being considered: Limit when trash can be left outside for pickup and toughening fines.
On the menu for northern snowshoe hares: Dirt
“I have thousands and thousands of photos of hares eating soil in this one little spot,” said a biologist and cartographer with the National Park Service.
‘Unprecedented’: Man wades into Katmai bear feeding zone, takes a selfie
The park service says three people are facing charges after they entered the closed area at Brooks Falls while brown bears were feeding on salmon.
Why two countries want to kill 100,000 beavers
An ill-conceived scheme unleashed nature's architects on a landscape that had never known their teeth -- and forever rearranged ecosystems at the bottom of the world.
Alaska seabird die-off continues for another summer
Hundreds of thousands of seabirds have died since late 2015 and early 2016.
Watch: In this matchup between a bear and a trash can, the can won
The bear flipped over a bear-resistant trash can in Girdwood. It stood on it. It dragged it. Still, the can prevailed.
Researchers fear it may be too late to save J50, the ailing orca
The 3 ½-year-old killer whale this past week was feared to have only days to live.
Troopers: Game camera captures father and son shooting bear and ‘shrieking’ cubs in den
The two are accused of killing a collared bear and her cubs that were part of a state and federal study on an island in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
APD: Chugiak man who drunkenly killed a bear faces charges
According to police, the bear had not threatened anyone, and the suspect fired a rifle in the direction of nearby houses while dispatching the bear.
Photos: Glaciers meet the ocean in Southeast Alaska’s Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
Three tidewater glaciers give cruise ships and boaters great access to the ice.
This scientist has been tracking the peregrine falcon’s recovery in Alaska over nearly 5 decades
Since 1973, biologist Skip Ambrose has made the same 180-mile trip up the Yukon River to observe peregrine falcon nests.
NOAA plans ‘outside the box’ response to save a starving Puget Sound orca
Officials are racing to put together a plan to prevent another death in a critically endangered whale clan.
Watch: Anchorage man loses golf ball to bear cub in one of latest bear encounters at JBER course
Earlier Sunday, Fish and Game shot and killed a particularly bold black bear at the Moose Run Golf Course on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Six bears, one lawn: What’s going on in this Anchorage yard?
There are a few possibilities, according to wildlife biologists.
State wants hunters to submit animal heads for monitoring of bacterium
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is expanding its monitor program for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a pathogen that can cause respiratory disease primarily in sheep and goats.
Popular Eagle River trailhead reopened after fatal mauling
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said it is still searching for the dangerous bear in the area.
Humpback whales put on a bubble-net feeding show in Southeast Alaska
Photos: Frederick Sound is a rich feeding ground for humpback pods.
A bear attacked this man’s vintage sports car in Girdwood. He’s being pretty cool about it.
Tom Cotter brought his 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra to Alaska on an epic road trip. One night in Girdwood, a bear decided to investigate some forgotten Fig Newtons inside it.
Video: Bear sprints past parked planes at Anchorage’s airport
The black bear's appearance promted a 15-minute runway closure at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.