Snowshoe hare populations are at a high point in Alaska and are making an uncommon appearance in Anchorage.
Lenny didn’t have a wound on him but hasn’t been the same since, his owner says.
The dog’s owner waded waist-deep into Taku Lake and was bitten on his hand while pulling the husky-mix away from the river otters,.
River otters (Lutra canadensis) observed in a lake that typically is home to beavers.
Fred Meyer is employing an aggressive pest-control plan after customers spotted mice in the store through Southcentral Alaska’s unusually warm summer.
River otters observed within Anchorage city limits.
Hikers in the Anchorage area are advised to use caution on the Turnagain Arm Trail, following multiple reports of a black bear displaying unusual behavior.
The forest on the East side of Cheney Lake is changing and the biggest change is the proliferation of May Day trees.
If high temperatures melt snow and that leads to a bear’s den getting flooded, that’s another reason the bear might head outside. It’ll likely try to find another den, Farley said.
A Fish and Game biologist urges people to give the animals space.
Despite it almost being January, an Eagle River homeowner has captured footage of a black bear awake and active around her house.
Black bears have taken over a Juneau arboretum, shut down a fish-cleaning facility in Cordova and added to an unusually high year of bear kills in Anchorage, prompting one wildlife authority to call this summer the "craziest" year of bear encounters he's seen.
Michael Soltis’ death is the second fatal bear attack in the Anchorage municipality in two summers.
“If black bears are starting to stir, brown bears could be, too,” a state Fish and Game official said.
Bats are a pretty low priority for most Alaskan biologists, but that could be changing due to a recent uptick in the creature’s population. Add to that a disease that’s been killing millions of bats in the lower 48, and Alaska might be taking note with the rest of the nation very soon. Listen now
Two moose calves found dead outside separate Anchorage homes on Friday are believed to have died from eating poisonous ornamental plants.
Half the bears were killed by people who said they were defending their lives or property. The other half were killed by police, park rangers or wildlife biologists.
The bears won’t hibernate if food remains available, so the continued availability of trash in the area has created a dangerous situation, biologists say.
Tissue from the recent necropsy on a humpback whale remains on Kincaid beach
The bear got into the facility through a door trucks use to access the building, a USPS spokeswoman said.
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