A study of subsistence foods at St. Lawrence Island shows how contaminants carried to the far north by atmospheric and ocean currents persist for years, burdening the region’s Indigenous people.
Wildlife
Margined white butterflies are hanging out by Mendenhall Glacier. Here’s why.
The margined white is one of four main kinds of butterflies we’re likely to see around Juneau.
In a place with little sea ice, polar bears have found another way to hunt
An isolated group of polar bears living on the rugged coast of southeast Greenland have figured out how to eke out a living, even though the sea ice there melts away early in the year.
Scientists examine Gulf of Alaska sea floor to see effects of bottom trawling
Scientists from the conservation group Oceana, which is based in Juneau, spent eight days aboard a research vessel circumnavigating the Kodiak archipelago.
Biologists share tips for staying safe around bears in Southeast Alaska
You might panic, but biologist Ross Dorendorf says it’s a better idea to simply stop and assess.
Moose population boom, linked to climate change, inspires some hunting changes
The changes in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge fit a wider pattern of wildlife shifts that affect subsistence users.