The Sitka black-tailed deer shelter at the Wildlife Conservation Center was demolished after a windstorm swept through much of the region.
Wildlife
Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal important details, Oceana’s lawsuit says.
New study of salmon abundance prompts a rethink of endangered killer whale decline
No one has ever gone out and counted the chinook in the Southern Resident killer whale’s habitat – until now.
What killed a harbor seal found headless at Letnikof Cove? It’s a mystery, federal scientists say
A recently dead harbor seal at Letnikof Cove is missing its head. Well, most of it. The skull bones are still there and intact.
As hundreds flock to see dead Anchorage whale, scientists are trying to learn more about how it lived
Scientists are studying samples of the whale, from its blubber to its baleen.
Alaska Native blood quantum clarified for hunting sea otters
A recent U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service opinion confirms that any coastal tribal member can hunt sea otters.