Tag: Alaska

Early this past summer, a white calf was photographed in the Farewell Bison Herd, one of the four herds of plains bison in Alaska. Researchers suspect that the white bison...

Climate change hasn’t been kind to the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), which has seen its traditional habitat dwindle as sea ice melts. But the rising mercury in thermometers in the...

Fewer storms that bring wind and rain may be causing North American tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) to lay their eggs earlier in the spring, according to new research. The impacts...

At first glance, an urban national wildlife refuge on the coast of California and a remote refuge in the interior of Alaska don’t seem to have much in common. Take...

On Jan. 13, the State of Alaska filed a lawsuit to challenge new federal rules banning several methods of hunting on national wildlife refuges and national preserves located within the...

Armed with cans of bear spray they hope to never use, recreationists in the Alaskan wilderness dread crossing paths with brown bears (Ursus arctos). But these large carnivores seem wary...

The University of Alaska Museum (UAM) Mammal Collection houses the largest collection of marine mammal specimens in North America. Its holdings include specimens from more than 12,000 walrus, 15,000 seals,...

On Nov. 29, the U.S. Department of the Interior and Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (AITRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that elevates AITRC’s role in wildlife management on federal...

While Alaskan gulls are often infected with the common bacteria E. coli, it appears that some strains found in the birds have developed a resistance to antibiotics. And we might...

For over a decade, chickadees, nuthatches and other birds in parts of North America and Europe have been spotted with deformed beaks — overgrown to a point where the birds...