The lives of sea otters — the tool-using marine mammals — were once intertwined with those of the coastal tribes in Oregon. Now, local Native Americans are hoping to bring them back.
Wildlife
Well-known white-eared bear found dead of gunshot wound in Sitka neighborhood
The sow was the fourteenth brown bear killed in Sitka this season, and the second killed by a resident rather than by wildlife authorities.
How SARS-CoV-2 in American deer could alter the course of the global pandemic
One concern is that the virus could evolve inside the deer and create new strains of the virus.
Wildlife officials propose wolf harvest on Prince of Wales Island
Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s most recent fall population estimate is 386 wolves — much higher than previous counts.
14-year-old artist uses NFTs to raise $50K for Alaska beluga conservation
Abigail, a 14-year-old in Puerto Rico who goes by PeachSunday online, is using her digital art and cryptocurrency to raise tens of thousands of real-life dollars for beluga.
A beluga from the Beaufort Sea has traveled unusually far south, to Washington State
NOAA Fisheries says the whale appears to have swum thousands of miles south from Arctic waters.