As Anchorage crime soars, security cameras are catching more than just criminals
Readers share video of the many times they were surprised to find critters, rather than criminals, on their security cameras.
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Unnatural changes in nature in Nancy Lord’s new novel
Excerpt from novel "pH": The numbers of birds today were mere fractions of what he’d observed in the 1970s. Especially murres. They used to be as thick as flies.
Autumn drive into Denali National Park is a truly wild experience
Some people think success is measured by whether the clouds part long enough to see the mountain, but that is only a small part of the journey.
Effort to expand Potter Marsh by 2 acres underway
The 564-acre marsh adjacent to Turnagain Arm in South Anchorage is a magnet for birders and wildlife watchers.
Close encounters of the ursine kind near Wrangell
At the Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory near Wrangell, black bears are the most numerous, and the setup allows a certain amount of intimacy.
Emptied tide pools tell the story of Kachemak Bay’s disrupted ecosystem
Beach walks this summer find many familiar creatures absent. This changing natural world demands attention and caring.
What’s that sound? Ptarmigan? No, it’s raucous, lovesick Alaska wood frogs.
Two amazing encounters with an amphibian that few Anchorage residents probably realize live within city limits — at sea level and well above it.
Video: Around the Kenai Peninsula — by packraft, fat bike and kayak
For five Alaska adventurers, the 450-mile trip took them through some seldom-seen Alaska wilderness.
What's the Usain Bolt of Alaska's land-based critters?
From No. 10 to No. 1, author runs down the animals he contends are the speediest on terra firma. Don't bother trying to track down a caribou.
Alaska has more orphaned otters than the world's zoos have room for
Animal rescuers have the know-how to nurse otter pups to adulthood, but after two years of increased die-offs in Alaska waters, aquariums are full.
Flurry of hawks a highlight of Hawkwatch weekend along Glenn Highway
About 100 birders a day showed up at a roadside party of birdwatchers in the shadow of Gunsight Mountain.
Move over, willow ptarmigan. The raven should be Alaska's state bird.
Whether revered for feared, nobody disputes that the raven is our most-intelligent bird. In fact, the raven may have elicited more interest, fear and adulation than any other wild creature in Alaska.
How truth can survive the Alaska predator-control war
The emotion will never leave the debate over government killing of wolves and bears, but we could clarify what we really want
The bear man of McNeil River
Since 1976, Larry Aumiller has forged a way to make the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary a place where brown bears and humans can coexist peacefully.
One Arctic field guide to rule them all
You’ll not find a more succinct natural history primer for the world’s northern latitudes, a nifty paperback costing less than a large pizza, and with a sewn binding that keeps the spine from cracking.
Feds announce a new project to count eider population poisoned by shot
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge holds important habitat for spectacled eiders and will be the location of much of the work.
Despite warmer Arctic conditions and earlier plant growth, Alaska caribou avoiding food ‘mismatch’ problems
The growing season starts earlier and runs longer, but North Slope caribou still have access to high-quality food plants during the calving and nursing season, new research shows.
Celebrate Polar Bear Day with an assortment of white bear books
A biological overview, a graphic novel, a travelogue, a pictorial anthology and a children’s book offer a wide cross-section of volumes featuring the charismatic carnivore that calls Alaska home.
Lynx put on a show twice in one week on the Anchorage Hillside
Six lynx were seen roaming a Hillside property last week. A few days later, lynx on the Hillside were spotted hunting a snowshoe hare -- in a chase caught on video.
Could this giant polar bear skull be the legendary 'weasel bear'?
The skull is just one of several treasures revealed — and made vulnerable to the elements — as an archaeological site near Utqiaġvik (Barrow) warms, thaws and erodes.