The rehabilitation center in Seward doesn’t usually get bearded seals, which live much farther north.
The fish, likely former aquarium pets, have attracted the attention of invasive-species managers.
Black bears have taken over a Juneau arboretum, shut down a fish-cleaning facility in Cordova and added to an unusually high year of bear kills in Anchorage, prompting one wildlife authority to call this summer the "craziest" year of bear encounters he's seen.
It’s not dangerous at this point to drive on the Sterling Highway, though smoke may reduce visibility.
NOAA has declared an “unusual mortality event” for gray whales on the North American west coast and launched an investigation.
Biologists believe the 18- to 20-foot whale may be sick or injured. It’s unclear if it will be able to swim out during high tide.
Sea ice has shrunk, but scientists are seeing signs that Alaska's bowhead whales are flourishing.
The worst-hit areas appear to be established neighborhoods with older spruce trees, especially in Turnagain and Spenard.
One party’s camping gear was blown away in the wind. The other’s shelter was destroyed, and they couldn’t start a fire. The Rescue Coordination Center launched from Anchorage but had to turn back due to "extreme conditions".
One reading on the Hillside clocked winds reaching 91 miles per hour. The day saw reports of property damage, road closures and downed power lines.LEO Note: According to Rick Thoman of NWS, these are unusually high winds for April.
A wildlife biologist believes a lynx that recently approached a young girl may have been a juvenile. The girl’s father said he’s now on higher alert after the encounter.
Snow may have fallen at the lowest elevation ever observed in the state.
Avalanche monitors say danger remains high in Turnagain Pass, Girdwood and Portage.
A Fish and Game biologist urges people to give the animals space.
Even if a storm does hit Western Alaska, thicker sea ice will always be more resistant than last year’s ice was at this time, a climatologist says.
After a record-low last winter, the birds are making a comeback. Redpolls, seen in two varieties in Alaska — the common and the hoary — have attracted scientists’ attention because the birds survive super-cold temperatures. Physiologist Laurence Irving ranked redpolls’ feathers just behind pine grosbeaks for “apparent usefulness for insulation.”Redpolls have a secret weapon other small birds, including chickadees, don’t possess: food pouches on each side of their necks.
Chum returns are the lowest on record, leaving communities with empty freezers and uncertainty about getting through the winter.
Snowplows? The railroad? “Trumpets in the sky? The noise has been heard on and off for years, but no one appears to have a solid explanation.
The haze is expected to subside by the middle of next week, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.
No one was hurt when a slab avalanche buried one child and partially buried two others.
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