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Biologists Focus on Disease and Nutrition to Understand Ailing Mulchatna Caribou Herd

Western Alaska, United States

13 Mar 2025

KYUK

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The Mulchatna caribou herd’s population remains low as biologists investigate the cause

Southwestern Alaska, Alaska, United States

11 Mar 2025

KDLG

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17th century graves on Svalbard are threatened by rising temperatures

Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway

11 Mar 2025

The Barents Observer

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Trail-gating at the Nordic Super Bowl

Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

10 Mar 2025

NPR

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Sea ice is disappearing in the North. This is how Inuit are responding

Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada

9 Mar 2025

CBC Radio

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Washington hunter charged with illegal mountain lion kill on Wrangell Island

Wrangell, Alaska, United States

9 Mar 2025

Chilkat Valley News

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‘The groundhog was wrong’: An Anchorage winter without snow

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

9 Mar 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Scientists witnessed a ‘Humpback Palooza’ in the Arctic. Local hunters worry about what that could mean for subsistence.

Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States

7 Mar 2025

Alaska Public Media

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Scientists around the globe raise concerns as the U.S. stops sharing air quality data from its embassies

New Delhi, NCT, India

5 Mar 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Ask a Wildlife Biologist: Why do moose lick cars?

Denali National Park, Alaska, United States

5 Mar 2025

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This winter is one of the mildest on record for Bethel and the Y-K Delta

Bethel, Alaska, United States

5 Mar 2025

KYUK

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An ‘exceptional’ warning for Alaska: wildfire danger in early March

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

4 Mar 2025

Anchorage Daily News

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Wood frogs are once again singing, a springtime delight

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

25 Apr 2025

The Anchorage Press

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Months after fish died near an Alaska mine, its owner and state regulators still don't know what killed them.

Juneau, Alaska, United States

9 Aug 2025

Chilkat Valley News

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	Land Mammals	4
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	Cultural Impact	3
	Death / Die-off / Decline	3
	Drought	3
	Land	3
	Water Management	3
	Extreme Wind	2
	Fish	2
	Glacier Change	2
	Ocean / Sea	2
	Plants / Kelp	2
	Unusual Range / Sighting	2
	Seasonal Timing	2
	Eruption	2
	Air Quality	1
	Air	1
	Unusual Animal Behavior	1
	Birds	1
	Burial Site	1
	Physical or Chemical Change	1
	Amphibians	1
	Displacement	1
	Earthquake	1
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	Extreme Precipitation	1
	Flooding / Draining	1
	Forestry	1
	Human Health	1
	Landslide / Avalanche	1
	One Health	1
	Sports / Recreation	1
	Marine Mammals	1
	Sea/Land Level Change	1
	Transportation	1
	Pathogen	1
	Water Security	1
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	1
	Zoonotic Flu	1

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Biologists Focus on Disease and Nutrition to Understand Ailing Mulchatna Caribou Herd

The Mulchatna caribou herd’s population remains low as biologists investigate the cause

17th century graves on Svalbard are threatened by rising temperatures

Trail-gating at the Nordic Super Bowl

Sea ice is disappearing in the North. This is how Inuit are responding

Washington hunter charged with illegal mountain lion kill on Wrangell Island

‘The groundhog was wrong’: An Anchorage winter without snow

Scientists witnessed a ‘Humpback Palooza’ in the Arctic. Local hunters worry about what that could mean for subsistence.

Scientists around the globe raise concerns as the U.S. stops sharing air quality data from its embassies

Ask a Wildlife Biologist: Why do moose lick cars?

This winter is one of the mildest on record for Bethel and the Y-K Delta

An ‘exceptional’ warning for Alaska: wildfire danger in early March

Wood frogs are once again singing, a springtime delight

Months after fish died near an Alaska mine, its owner and state regulators still don't know what killed them.

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