The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 ...

Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, where millions of birds come to nest and raise their young, is now under threat from petroleum development. Greater white-fronted geese fly over the tundra at ...

Bird flu is spreading from pole to pole. Here’s why it matters. A highly virulent strain of H5N1 has wiped out entire colonies of seabirds and seals from Alaska to Antarctica.

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

The News. A highly lethal form of bird flu that has been spreading across the world has now been detected in a dead polar bear in Alaska. It is the first known case in the Arctic animals, which ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, continues to affect domestic and wild birds in Wisconsin and around the United States. ... including the first known case in a polar bear in Alaska.

Alaska polar bear becomes first to die from bird flu. ... The state veterinarian’s office is advising owners of domestic poultry to take steps to prevent contact between wild and domestic birds.

What is especially distinctive about the refuge, Alaska’s smallest at just over 300,000 acres, is that it is a vitally important stop for millions of migratory birds, including virtually the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A black bear cub in southeast Alaska was euthanized after it became ill with avian influenza, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said. It is believed that the cub ...

Her last offspring hatched in 2021. The world's oldest known wild bird has laid an egg at the impressive age of 74, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for the Pacific Region reports ...

An Alaskan polar bear has become the first of its species to reportedly die from avian influenza, also known as HBN1, after the disease was first detected in the US in January of 2022. It’s ...