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In two years, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has killed a total of 180 bears on Mulchatna herd calving grounds.
The black bear ripped into an occupied tent, injuring a woman early Friday at the Williwaw Campground, officials said.
A tourism worker and two police officers rescued a moose calf from “a sure demise” after it fell into a lake and got stuck last week.
Thousands and thousands of photographs were taken, and yet the bird remains a mystery.
Veterinarians are scarce in Indigenous communities but the need is great, given the diseases circulating in wildlife that can spread to pets and people, Murkowsi says.
It’s the latest case of someone mistaking wild baby animals such as coyotes or bobcats for abandoned domestic pets.
The 70-year-old was charged and injured by a cow moose on Sunday while walking through brush near his home, Alaska State Troopers said Monday.
Few additional details were available Sunday about a cow moose charging two men and kicking one of them, troopers said.
A recent paper reported avalanches killed between 23% and 65% of all the collared animals that had died during the 17 years biologists had followed them.
Whether the animals spent the whole winter here or have just migrated from far away, there is work to be done.
Alaska State Troopers say three people are accused of shooting two unsalvaged moose near Eureka last September and are under investigation for two others.
As sightings start, including a dumpster-diving black bear and trail encounter with sow and cubs, authorities warned not to get too close to this spring’s bruins.
Kunali was delivered from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage to Fairbanks, where its skin, tissue and bones will aid scientists in the future.
The roughly 32-foot whale had a line through its mouth and wrapped around its tail. It was reported tangled Monday and swam free Friday.
The humpback whale had fishing line running through its mouth and tangled in its tail on Thursday, a NOAA Fisheries official said.
Unusually high numbers of the chunky little finches in Southcentral are prompting surprising questions from bird lovers.
The study found that almost 7,000 North Pacific humpbacks went missing between 2012 and 2021 — a 20% population drop-off likely due to the marine heatwave known as “the blob.”
There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say.
A wide-ranging research program led by a UAF ecologist is tracking the way beavers’ northward movement affects permafrost, water quality, fish, birds and communities.
Alaska State Troopers said the man encountered the moose in the dark when he went out to check on his barking dogs.
Under race rules, a musher must gut a game animal killed in defense of the team.
Identification of Cook Inlet beluga whale calls shows that the animals contend with sustained noise from commercial shipping, raising questions about future regulation.
The incident is the second this month as moose become increasingly aggressive due to a heavy snow year, officials say.