Tag: Alaska

The spread of avian influenza viruses in dabbling ducks has a lot to do with the life cycle of the migrating birds as well as the season, according to a...

Coupled with threats such as habitat destruction and climate change in Alaska’s Arctic, high levels of mercury discovered recently in shorebirds could create further challenges for the species. In a...

Moose recovering in the Arctic may be benefiting from higher shrubs than were present in the past 150 years, according to a new study. “If you’re a moose you’ve got...

During migrations, eastern monarch butterflies used to swoosh by in an orange blur, but an 84 percent decline in over a decade has caused the colorful flashes to be a...

Biologists have scrambled up mountains and searched the remote backcountry of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula to provide the first comprehensive estimate of the region’s grizzly bear population. “We’ve been trying to...

Warm weather and water conditions caused by el Nino may be the reason thousands of seabirds are washing up dead on Alaska shores or flying inland far from their traditional...

Polar bears in the Chuchki Sea have been spending more and more time on land than they were a few decades ago, according to a new study. “They are spending...

A huge, healthy population of prey may be too much for predators to feast their eyes on — at least proportionately. Researchers have discovered a widely applicable principle that could...

Figuring out exactly what animals eat is one of the best ways to understand how ecosystems work and, if necessary, conserve them. But the problem is that animals, like humans,...

It had been almost 50 years since researchers last recorded data about native bumble bees in Alaska. But in a recent study, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and...