Steller sea lions bask on rocks in the Gulf of Alaska on June 29, 2003, with the research vessel Tiglax sailing in the background. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Encounters with ...

Alaska Native communities and a conservation group challenge a land swap that would allow construction through protected wilderness and critical bird habitat.

Alaska wouldn’t be Alaska without marine mammals. But U.S. Rep. Nick Begich recently came out swinging against our state’s whales, walruses, polar bears, seals and more. Begich proposed a truly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Borealpox virus was formerly known as Alaskapox. Researchers assessed six cases reported between 2020 and 2023 ...

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil ...

Three tribal governments and several environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to try to block a land ...

From searching for brown bears in old-growth rainforest to scanning the horizon for breaching humpbacks, nature abounds in Alaska’s state capital of Juneau. On America's northwest coast, travellers ...

The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will announce the cancellation of oil and gas leases in a federal wildlife refuge that were bought by an Alaska state development agency in 2021, according to ...

Alaska’s second largest airport is putting effort and resources into avoiding airplane-wildlife collisions — namely by bringing a $70,000 robotic dog named “Aurora” onto the team to scare wildlife ...

The Alaska Department of Transportation has hired a unique candidate for a very important job — keeping wildlife off the airport runways so planes can take off and land safely. Aurora, a four-legged ...

Encounters with humans from 2017 to 2021 killed hundreds of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals that swim in Alaska waters, along with dozens of Alaska whales, according to a new federal report ...