Officials say if the crabs keep marching north, it could have serious effects on Alaska’s commercial and subsistence fisheries.
Oceans
A petition to put king salmon on the endangered species list is raising alarm across Alaska
The petition from a Washington-based conservancy group is just the first major step in a longer regulatory process, but many say it could have far-reaching implications.
Decades ago, sperm whales learned how to raid fishermen’s lines of black cod. Now, an Alaska man is charged with killing one.
A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case.
Biologists describe freeing Unalaska whale from ‘life-threatening entanglement’
The whale cooperated during the rescue and even seemed curious at times.
Most animals don’t go through menopause. So why do these whales?
Across the animal kingdom, menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We humans are one of the few animals to experience it.
Federal agency says Alaska’s coastline has potential for more renewable energy, carbon storage projects
Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regional Director Givey Kochanowski and Public Affairs Officer John Callahan met with dozens of lawmakers in Juneau.