A grimly familiar sight to Nome dog owners returned with the fatal goring of a local musher’s dog by a bull muskox Wednesday.
Wildlife
Female Grizzly Bear In Yellowstone Euthanized After Killing Hiker
The adult female grizzly killed Lance Crosby last week, when he was hiking near the Elephant Back Loop trail in the national park.
Man in bear costume reported harassing bears on Chilkoot River
The man ran “waving and jumping” up to the weir gate, trying to get the attention of a sow with cubs.
Looking and listening for Alaska’s rarest whale
Researchers are cruising the Gulf of Alaska on the lookout for one of the world’s rarest animals, the North Pacific right whale.
Humpback researchers see ‘Old Timer’ again after 44 years
Forty-four years ago, the first sighting of a humpback known as Old Timer coincided with both the end of commercial whaling and the establishment of the Endangered Species Act.
Bird death reports are up In Homer, food sources possibly to blame
The reports are coming from beach walkers and local citizen scientists dedicated to surveying seabird populations.