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Freshwater seals of Lake Iliamna enlisted in Pebble Mine clash

Iliamna Lake in Southwest Alaska ripples with mystery -- rumored sea monsters, underwater caves and the only freshwater seals in America, which will be studied by federal scientists to determine w hope to Federal nation's only species of freshwater seals

Alex DeMarban

Caribou numbers crash 95% on Canada's Baffin Island

New results from a caribou survey on south Baffin Island in Nunavut confirms that the animals have largely disappeared from the region.CBC News
May 20, 2013

Wood bison baby boom rewarded with new room to roam on Alaska's Turnagain Arm

Has the tide turned for endangered wood bison? Forgotten and extinct in Alaska for a century, a herd of the beasts is booming south of Anchorage, breeding its way into new pastures that will be enclosed by a new fence under construction. Sean Doogan
May 14, 2013

Big Oil pays big bucks for bird kills, while wind farms breathe easy

BP and Exxon each paid $100 million for damage to migratory bird populations resulting from famous oil-spill disasters. But for the hundreds of thousands of birds killed every year on the nation's wind farms, no such restitution is required.Ben Anderson
May 14, 2013

Canadian black bear attack echoes similar flesh-eating incidents in Alaska

A huge black bear had dragged 40-year-old Joe Azougar out of a remote cabin and was gnawing on his head when two women happened by and scared the bear away.Craig Medred
May 14, 2013

Debunking the myth of a '1600-pound man-eating grizzly' from Alaska

A grizzly shot in Alaska in 2001 has refused to die on the Internet, living on as a man-eating monster -- even after reporter after reporter has tried debunk the myth. Here are the facts.Craig Medred
May 10, 2013

Reassembling bones of 3 wayward killer whales in Southwest Alaska

After three killer whales were stranded up the Nushagak River near Dillingham and perished in 2011, volunteers are now aiming to reassemble the mammals' bones and learn more about what happened. Hannah Heimbuch
May 10, 2013

Affection for garter snakes costly for young Alaskan -- and government

By allegedly capturing an Idaho garter snake and transporting it across state lines, a 23-year-old Alaska firefighter violated the federal Lacey Act. And that would prove costly for all involved. Here's what happened. Craig Medred
May 8, 2013

Predation not likely cause of Dall sheep crash in Alaska's Chugach Mountains

Dall sheep populations in the northern Chugach Mountain, like other areas in Alaska, are about half what they were 25 years ago. In Chugach State Park alone, numbers have declined from about 2,400 animals to 1,200.Rick Sinnott
May 7, 2013

How a dog with a wild streak left his Alaska owner poor and facing jail time

A Fairbanks man has paid almost $1,800 in recent months to repeatedly bail his runaway Siberian husky Toby out of doggy jail. Then he shot a moose, ostensibly to protect the wayward dog, but now Toby's owner could face jail time himself.Craig Medred
May 5, 2013

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