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Bristol Bay sees smallest sockeye sizes on record, despite large run
Dillingham, Alaska, United States
29 Jul 2024
Alaska Public Media
Background
Studies show there are likely more ‘sushi worms’ in Alaska salmon and other fish than there used to be
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
16 Jul 2024
Background
National Park Service bans sport hunters from baiting bears
Alaska, United States
3 Jul 2024
Alaska Public Media
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No clamming in Ninilchik or Clam Gulch this year
Homer, Alaska, United States
29 Jun 2024
Homer News
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An influx of chum salmon in the Canadian Arctic could be the same fish missing from Western Alaska
Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada
14 Jun 2024
Alaska Public Media
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Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
Japan
9 May 2024
The Japan Times
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Whale fight: Right-wing leader wants to shoot more and market whales abroad
Norway
9 May 2024
NRK
Background
Beaver expansion into Alaska’s Arctic tundra presents problems for people – and opportunities
The Arctic
11 Mar 2024
Alaska Beacon
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Hatcheries hurt nearly all wild salmon populations, study finds
Pacific Ocean
4 Jan 2024
ArcticToday
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Northern states prepare for battle against invasion of feral Canadian ‘super pigs’
Canada
22 Nov 2023
Anchorage Daily News
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Pink salmon are thriving in warmer waters, affecting other species, scientists say
North Pacific Ocean
3 Nov 2023
Alaska Public Media
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Western Arctic Caribou Herd keeps shrinking, 2023 census shows
Kobuk, Alaska, United States
29 Oct 2023
Anchorage Daily News
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Slithering their way in: Common garter snakes are no longer a rarity in southwestern Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
18 Sep 2023
Saltwire
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Does monkshood, a purple flower that grows abundantly in Alaska, pose a danger to hikers and gardeners?
Alaska, United States
9 Aug 2023
Anchorage Daily News
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Hot, dry N.W.T. weather keeping the mosquitoes down or for now
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
18 Jul 2023
CBC
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One gardener’s ambitious plan to plant half a million carrots is growing Kodiak’s local food movement
Kodiak, Alaska, United States
11 May 2023
Alaska Public Media
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Thousands of seals to be hunted — to protect fisheries
Sweden
13 Apr 2023
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The Bering Sea’s smallest organisms are losing fat, putting larger predators at risk
Bering Sea
7 Apr 2023
Alaska Public Media
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Artists fear proposed changes to Southeast Alaska sea otter hunting rules could threaten traditional craft
Alaska, United States
22 Mar 2023
Alaska Public Media
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Hogs are running wild in the U.S.—and spreading disease
United States
1 Feb 2023
Animals
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Grain Farmer Fights Off Swan Invasion with Falcon-Shaped Kites
29 Jul 2022
Iceland Review
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Big fish sightings are spiking. Climate change may be the cause.
8 Jul 2022
Washington Post
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Salmon returns set records in Bristol Bay while Southeast runs struggle
Koliganek, Alaska, United States
21 Jul 2021
Juneau Empire
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Baby boom: More Right whale babies spotted off East Coast this season
Portland, Maine, United States
16 Mar 2021
WMUR
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If cruise ships aren't behind Ketchikan’s beach bacteria problem, what is?
Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
1 Mar 2021
Alaska Public Media
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Bocaccio rockfish recruitment event
Canada's Pacific marine ecosystems
3 Jan 2021
CBC
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Fish runs and berries are down, bear break-ins in Southeast Alaska are way up
Haines, Alaska, United States
2 Sep 2020
Alaska Public Media
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Study shows Alaska salmon are shrinking
Alaska, United States
25 Aug 2020
Alaska Public Media
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Alaska's salmon are getting smaller, affecting people and ecosystems
Alaska, United States
19 Aug 2020
Phys.Org
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Wildlife shows signs its thriving amid the COVID-19 pandemic
South Africa
29 Jul 2020
CGTN
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Newly-discovered seaweed species threatens protected coral reefs in Pacific
Pearl & Hermes Atoll, Midway, US Minor Outlying Islands
8 Jul 2020
Sky News
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Century-old photos show effects of climate change in Rocky Mountain forests
Canadian Rocky Mountains
8 Jul 2020
Vancouver Sun
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Spider baby boom in a warmer Arctic
25 Jun 2020
ScienceDaily
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Climate change leading to Arctic spider baby boom
Zackenberg Research Station
6 Jun 2020
CNET
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Record number of salmon eggs found in Maine river
East Machias, Maine, United States
4 Jan 2020
Houston Chronicle
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Yukon reopens hunt as Fortymile caribou population booms
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
2 Jan 2020
CBC
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Grizzly bears move north in High Arctic as climate change expands range
Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada
14 Dec 2019
National Post
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How climate change is triggering a chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific
Shiretoko Peninsula
12 Nov 2019
Washington Post
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Australia's lost shellfish reefs are roaring back to life
Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia
8 Nov 2019
ABC News
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Sea urchin explosion decimates kelp forests off Pacific coast
Coastal Oregon and California
24 Oct 2019
CBC
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What to do if your pup gets quilled by a porcupine
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
13 Oct 2019
CBC
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Alaska residents to see increased jellyfish sightings
Juneau, Alaska, United States
28 Sep 2019
AP NEWS
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More batty visitors in the N.W.T? Northerners on social media think so
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
24 Aug 2019
CBC
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Pink Salmon smash June record
Cold Bay, Alaska, United States
17 Aug 2019
Bristol Bay Times
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Swamp rats have invaded California
Central Valley, California, United States
7 Aug 2019
Los Angeles Times
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The Legacy of the Blob
Northern California Current Ecosystem
22 Jul 2019
Hakai Magazine
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Unusual amount of grizzly bear sightings on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
16 Jul 2019
The Weather Network
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Mexico struggles to understand, solve, seaweed invasion
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
28 Jun 2019
CTVNews
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Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas are Incredibly Toxic and Growing
Matsu Islands, Taiwan, East China Sea
12 Jun 2019
Live Science
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Bullhead City, Arizona Was a Retiree Paradise. Then Came a Biblical Plague of Flies.
Bullhead City, Arizona, United States
5 Jun 2019
OneZero
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Nigerian fishers hit by criminals, imports and climate change
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
31 May 2019
chinadialogue ocean
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Why seaweed is strangling Mexican tourism, and how science could help
Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
24 May 2019
MIT Technology Review
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Wild pigs are a big problem. Here’s how they kill ’em in Texas
Canada
16 May 2019
National Post
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El Niño Triggered Disease Outbreaks Across Globe
Tropical Pacific Ocean
1 Mar 2019
Laboratory Equipment
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Changing southern Gulf of St. Lawrence ecosystem
Southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence
27 Feb 2019
Global News
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Ecosystem changes following loss of great white sharks
Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
13 Feb 2019
Phys.org
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Saimaa seal population climbs to nearly 400
Ristiina, Southern Savonia, Finland
15 Oct 2018
Yle Uutiset
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Mysterious Microbes Turning Polar Ice Pink, Speeding Up Melt
Port Charcot
14 Sep 2018
National Geographic
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Mysterious Microbes Turning Polar Ice Pink, Speeding Up Melt
Greenland
14 Sep 2018
National Geographic
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Loads of seaweed are threatening the Caribbean’s sea life and tourism. Experts say we may be to blame
Quintana Roo, Mexico
14 Sep 2018
Washington Post
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Ticks are an increasing problem
Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
17 Jul 2018
Prague TV
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Aequorea (hydrozoan) bloom in the Northern California Current
Northern California Current
30 Jun 2018
NOAA NWFSC CCIEA Custom Plotting
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Endangered plant thrives after Sidney Spit restoration
Sidney Spit National Marine Park, Canada
20 Apr 2018
Saanich News
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Crowdsourcing capelin: New website to alert biologists to locations of 'key' fish
Newfoundland and Labrador
7 Jul 2017
CBC
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How the American bullfrog is eating its way into BC
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, British Columbia, Canada
16 Dec 2016
Nelson Star
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Sargassum seaweed partly responsible for Guyana's reduced fish production
1 Nov 2016
Demerara Waves
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Sea Lice Exploded among Wild Young Salmon near BC Fish Farms
Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada
25 Jul 2016
The Tyee
Background
Humboldt squid on the move
Monterey Submarine Canyon, California, United States
23 Jul 2007
MBARI
Background
Arctic seals experiencing dramatic weight loss as temperatures rise, study warns
Background
Measuring up: How meteorologists gauge the snowfall as Anchorage nears a season record
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
Background
Ecological effects of Pacific pink salmon in a river system in Finnmark
The Independent Barents Observer
Background
70,000 pink salmon caught in Norwegian rivers
Norway
SalmonBusiness
Background
Can sunflower sea stars keep sea urchins from overfeeding on declining kelp forests?
Sitka, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
Background
Redpolls, feisty songbirds of the Alaska winter, are flocking to feeders this season
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
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Bristol Bay records its largest sockeye run on record
Dillingham, Alaska, United States
Alaska Public Media
Background
The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye run
Bristol Bay
The Narwhal
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More shrubs means way more moose in western Alaska
Bethel, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
Background
As beavers gain foothold in Arctic Alaska, some see benefits in how they reshape the landscape
Ambler, Alaska, United States
Background
More shrubs means way more moose in western Alaska
Bethel, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
Background
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