Encounters with humans from 2017 to 2021 killed hundreds of Steller sea lions and other marine mammals that swim in Alaska waters, along with dozens of Alaska whales, according to a new federal report ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Borealpox virus was formerly known as Alaskapox. Researchers assessed six cases reported between 2020 and 2023 ...

Alaska wouldn’t be Alaska without marine mammals. But U.S. Rep. Nick Begich recently came out swinging against our state’s whales, walruses, polar bears, seals and more. Begich proposed a truly ...

What are marine mammals? -- Marine adaptations -- Wales, dolphins, and porpoises: Cetaceans -- Family characteristics of Alaska cetaceans -- Morphology of cetaceans -- Common cetaceans of Alaska: ...

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form ...

Steller sea lions bask on rocks in the Gulf of Alaska on June 29, 2003, with the research vessel Tiglax sailing in the background. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Encounters with ...