Rabies has been identified by the State of Alaska as being endemic (regularly found) in the fox population in this area.
"It’s a bit because people are feeding them, and they’re getting into the dumpster now too. But I’ve never seen them like this before."
There seems to be a large red fox population in the region around Nuiqsut, Alaska. When I last traveled there for work, I counted 5 red fox during a 1.5 hour-long car ride.
Brown bear spotted on Kupreanof Island for the first time.
Weather had been pouring rain and 45-degree temps for several days leading up to the sighting.
Hungry and looking for food, where it was last fall. Very warm 40 degrees and rain. I'm sure it disturbed his hibernation.
Strange tracks between Pilot Point and Ugashik, found near the river may belong to an Alaska hare (Lepus othus)
Uncommon coyote sighting in the Interior.
Small, approachable, deer found with possible broken jaw, discolored saliva, and injury on hindquarter.
A rare sighting near the confluence of the Russian River.
A dead hare was observed in Interior Alaska that was infested with a native species of tick. Wildlife officials are asking residents to keep an eye out for ticks on pets and for signs of tick infestation in large mammals, such as hair loss in moose.
Muscle tapeworm cysts in caribou meat.
Warmer winter temperatures are bringing Arctic Ground Squirrels out of hibernation
Tissue from the recent necropsy on a humpback whale remains on Kincaid beach
Increase in red voles and gray shrews, compared to the last three years.
Found what seems to be a kangaroo mouse and a normal mouse
Black bear found dead along lake trail.
Identified by ADFG as skin irritation caused by moose flies, (Haematobosca alcis) bites.
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