Tag: Alaska

Alaska wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear (Ursus americanus) cub after it became ill with avian flu. Officials believe the bear likely ate a bird that died from the...

A godwit’s round-the-world flight from Alaska to Australia may have set a migratory bird distance record. Researchers say the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) was tagged with a GPS chip as...

The mountains and oceans surrounding Katmai National Park and Preserve keep it isolated from much of the rest of Alaska. The geography makes for a scenic view, but it also...

The money that tourists spend on birdwatching in Alaska could be an untapped source of income for local communities. Birders flock to Alaska to get a glimpse of rare birds...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists and Indigenous people are working together to study how climate change and human development are impacting declining caribou herds in Canada and Alaska. The team,...

Beavers are heading northward, and they’re having a significant impact on the landscape in northern Canada and Alaska. That’s one of the findings highlighted in the Arctic Report Card 2021,...

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including...

Many people thought the sea otter populations around the Aleutian Archipelago were the model of the species’ success. For decades, populations up and down the Pacific Coast of North America...

A changing climate resulting in reduced sea ice coverage is causing Indigenous seal hunters who rely on the marine mammals for subsistence to change their methods. As the ice continues...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to repeal or replace the previous administration’s rule that exempts the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from roadless-area restrictions on logging and other development....