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Caribou herds in Arctic Alaska tundra areas are on opposite trends
The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...
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Unalaskans help document largest single-species wildlife die-off ever recorded
The murre die-off might have gone unexplained if it weren't for decades of observations from researchers and citizen ...
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In its final days, Biden administration pitches sweeping subsistence protections in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
The announcement comes just four days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office. Trump has said he plans to ...
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New DNA research on Alaska red king crab shows more diversity than previously thought
Researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups.
Genetic diversity in Alaska's red king crab may provide climate change resilience
New genetic research on the Alaska red king crab reveals previously undiscovered diversity among different regions, ...
Alaska's snow crab season is back after pause, but uncertainty looms
Biologists blamed the rapid decline of snow crab on a 2018 climate-fueled heatwave. Some fishermen are still reeling as they ...
Half of common murres in Alaska die, struggling to recover
It’s a bird found in Alaska and the Arctic Circle, through the Pacific Northwest and down into Monterey, California.
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Wildlife Conservation Center raises 30,000 bucks to rebuild deer shelter
The Sitka black-tailed deer shelter at the Wildlife Conservation Center was demolished after a windstorm swept through much ...
Invasive pike use marine corridors to colonize new Alaska territory
Northern pike are moving through salt water to invade freshwater habitats in Southcentral Alaska, according to a recent study ...