A new study published Wednesday suggests the pandemic has allowed many bird species to stretch their wings.
Wildlife
From a fossilized tusk, UAF researchers unraveled the life story of a woolly mammoth
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks study explores the life story of a woolly mammoth that lived 17,000 years ago.
An invasive parasite is taking over Alaska blue mud shrimp. Researchers want to kill it
Orthione griffenis, or O. griffenis, eventually kills its host shrimp, and soon the remaining shrimp can’t find each other to reproduce, rendering a blue mud shrimp population extinct.
Bear killed after Haines police chief accidentally wounds it in museum’s historic apple tree
Museum staff had secured an electric fence to put up around the 100 year old tree, but it was stolen from the porch the day before.
Watch: In August, scientists saw rare right whales twice in Alaska waters
Biologist Jessica Crance witnessed both sightings personally, and is among a handful of living people who have seen one of this population of right whales up close since the species was devastated by commercial whaling.
Environmentalists threaten lawsuit over Southeast Alaska wolf population
A coalition of conservationists warn they’re preparing to sue for federal protections of Southeast Alaska’s wolves if the Biden administration doesn’t take concrete action soon.