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A recent paper reported avalanches killed between 23% and 65% of all the collared animals that had died during the 17 years biologists had followed them.
Whether the animals spent the whole winter here or have just migrated from far away, there is work to be done.
Alaska State Troopers say three people are accused of shooting two unsalvaged moose near Eureka last September and are under investigation for two others.
As sightings start, including a dumpster-diving black bear and trail encounter with sow and cubs, authorities warned not to get too close to this spring’s bruins.
Kunali was delivered from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage to Fairbanks, where its skin, tissue and bones will aid scientists in the future.
The roughly 32-foot whale had a line through its mouth and wrapped around its tail. It was reported tangled Monday and swam free Friday.
The humpback whale had fishing line running through its mouth and tangled in its tail on Thursday, a NOAA Fisheries official said.
Unusually high numbers of the chunky little finches in Southcentral are prompting surprising questions from bird lovers.
The study found that almost 7,000 North Pacific humpbacks went missing between 2012 and 2021 — a 20% population drop-off likely due to the marine heatwave known as “the blob.”
There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say.
A wide-ranging research program led by a UAF ecologist is tracking the way beavers’ northward movement affects permafrost, water quality, fish, birds and communities.
Alaska State Troopers said the man encountered the moose in the dark when he went out to check on his barking dogs.
Under race rules, a musher must gut a game animal killed in defense of the team.
Identification of Cook Inlet beluga whale calls shows that the animals contend with sustained noise from commercial shipping, raising questions about future regulation.
The incident is the second this month as moose become increasingly aggressive due to a heavy snow year, officials say.
Alaska Wildlife said they shot and killed the young bull in a Butte neighborhood on Wednesday. Stress from heavy snow is making the animals less tolerant of people, they said.
Discovery of tiny bits of plastic in the muscles, blubber and livers of Pacific walruses adds to evidence of pollution’s spread through the world’s oceans.
Shae Allen Hensley of Baker, Fla., is facing nearly a dozen charges including not having a permit to import the bears, which are found in the wild only in Alaska.
Subsistence hunters living in Northwest Alaska and parts of the North Slope now face a much stricter bag limit for animals in the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, while nonresident hunters will now face a permit draw to harvest caribou in the Kotzebue area.
“Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of a Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home” has its roots in scientific research about ringed seals in Northwest Alaska that was conducted in the 1980s.
Alaska State Troopers said that the garbage truck driver violated a state statute prohibiting harassing, “driving, herding or molesting game” with a motorized vehicle.
Alaska wildlife officials are investigating, and Northern Waste said it terminated the employee.
The highly pathogenic influenza that has already killed vast numbers of birds and numerous mammals continues to circulate in the world’s wild populations.