Wildlife

A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean killed some 4 million common murres in Alaska, researchers say — the largest die-off of any bird species ever recorded in the modern era.

Wisdom has been a symbol of hope for the species while expanding scientists’ knowledge of seabirds.

Two orcas from the Pacific Northwest were spotted with dead salmon on their heads, an act first documented in the 1980s. Scientists aren’t sure what it means.

Two men have been charged and sentenced in the case and a third is wanted on a warrant.

In the future, a study projects, early-season snow will be too paltry for biologists to spot moose from the air during the fall in most of the animals’ Alaska habitat.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said testing determined the animal that briefly captivated Anchorage this fall was a wolf hybrid, but the percentage of wolf DNA remains undetermined.

Scientists aren’t sure how the juvenile female whale died. Also unclear: how long the bus-sized carcass will remain on tidal flats.

U.S. officials are proposing to declare as endangered three subspecies of northern giraffe: the West African, Kordofan and Nubian giraffes, whose population together has plunged by 77% since 1985.

Biologists believe the animal was a young female. How it died remains a mystery.

Biologists said they weren’t sure why the animal died and planned to continue their examination on Monday.

With some estimating their population in the hundreds, rabbits are wreaking havoc at Aquarian Charter School. The city is preparing to try to live-trap them.

Study reveals dramatic increases since the late 1980s, signaling potential future stress for bears already coping with a warming environment in Alaska and Siberia.

Federal prosecutors are also recommending that Dugan Paul Daniels pay a $25,000 fine and be banned from commercial fishing for a year after lying about fishing catches.

On Halloween, which was also the last day of International Bat Week, a hoary bat with a feisty personality named “Hoary Potter” won the final round of an annuall contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management.

Weighing as much as a cup of walnuts and resembling a squeaky dog toy, the ermines are easy to underestimate.

The grizzly known as No. 399 was beloved by nature photographers, wildlife enthusiasts and other park visitors. At age 28, the bear was the oldest reproducing female grizzly in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

Wildlife is encountering diseases not previously seen in their lifetimes. As the world continues to warm, scientists are taking stock of current threats and how to prevent major losses - especially in the delicate Arctic environment.

Grazer, whose cub was killed this summer by another bear featured in the contest, was crowned the bulkiest bruin by more than 40,000 votes.

A pair of deer hunters survived a close-call brown bear attack on Admiralty Island during a surprise encounter

He came to Alaska as a young man to study seabirds on this barren barrier island. Decades later, he found the fingerprints of climate change. After a lifetime, will he see this colony disappear?

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.