Coyotes have killed at least three dogs in Seward, and police are trying to trap the predators before they get more.
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
Leaning utility poles in south Anchorage
The storm that walloped Southcentral Alaska also left about 32 inches of snow in Moose Pass and 30 in Seward.
Temperatures in the area were unseasonably high last week, reaching into the mid-40s, according to the National Weather Service. Then temperatures dropped below freezing Sunday and into Monday morning. "There's a lot of water flowing underground in this area," McCarthy said. The freeze-thaw "caused some instability and that made it slide."
Though snow is scant in Anchorage, organizers are confident they will be able to host the Jan. 3-8 race series.
Anchorage sidewalks were slick with ice and the roads were full of puddles because of unseasonably high temperatures.By mid morning the temperature had reached 46 degrees.
Unidentified Jay sighted in southcentral Alaska, early December.
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.
Near record stretch of foggy days at Ted Stevens International Airport.
This is the second longest period of visibility remaining this low at the Anchorage Airport.
The Kenai Municipal Airport and the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport have both experienced heavy delays, cancellations, and re-routed flights over the past week.
Tissue from the recent necropsy on a humpback whale remains on Kincaid beach
A heavy fog that rolled into Anchorage in time for Halloween is expected to persist into Thursday afternoon.
If the winter gives you ice, then it's time to go ice skating! Backcountry skating is the practice of hunting for wild ice, whether on on a river, lake, glacial lagoon, or inside an ice cave. Filmed in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska.
The bear got into the facility through a door trucks use to access the building, a USPS spokeswoman said.
Increase in red voles and gray shrews, compared to the last three years.
The extraordinary sight of a 30-foot long dead humpback whale that washed up on a beach area in Anchorage.
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