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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What are marine mammals? -- Marine adaptations -- Wales, dolphins, and porpoises: Cetaceans -- Family characteristics of Alaska cetaceans -- Morphology of cetaceans -- Common cetaceans of Alaska: ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, AK—Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and allied groups sued the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation Tuesday in U.S. District Court for signing a land exchange agreement ...

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 ...