Massive murre die-offs mirrored by reproductive failure
Murre colonies that experienced die-offs in the Bering and Chukschi seas off the coast of Alaska in 2018 also experienced reproductive failure. “The majority of ...
Alaska
To solve sea otter riddle, researchers look to archaeology
It’s a mystery of reintroduction. When Alaskan sea otters were moved from a nuclear testing site in the Aleutian Islands to the coasts of Washington and Oregon, ...
Interior moves ahead with ANWR drilling plans
The Bureau of Land Management is calling for the oil and gas industry to nominate tracts of land along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that ...
Wild Cam: Brown bears prey on sea otters on Alaskan islets
Researchers working in Alaska’s Katmai Coast have discovered a surprising new interaction between mammals on small islands off the coast: grizzly bears are ...
Lack of sea otters hurts Alaskan reefs
A combination of climate warming and loss of sea otters is harming the reefs that underpin Alaskan kelp forests in the Aleutian Islands. “Despite the fact that ...
States sue over plan to drill in Alaska refuge
Fifteen U.S. states joined together challenge the Trump administration’s decision to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil ...
Beaver engineering may speed up Alaska’s permafrost loss
Beavers are expanding their ranges deeper into Alaska, and their ecosystem engineering may be speeding up the melting of Alaska’s permafrost. “One major take ...
JWM: Shorebirds take advantage of Alaska military lands
It’s natural for researchers to focus on the coast when studying shorebirds, but when Ellen Martin was studying them in Alaska as a master’s student at Colorado ...
BLM authorizes increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska reserve
The Bureau of Land Management will allow increased oil and gas drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The BLM released a final Environmental Impact ...
Wild Cam: Shrub expansion draws moose northward
Jiake Zhou and three of his colleagues traveled 16 days on inflatable rubber boats in the northern Alaskan wilderness without seeing any other human, with nothing ...