Spirit camp participants and residents along the Yukon River were shocked to see a lone beluga whale on the Yukon River in early August.
For the first time ever recorded, orca washes ashore in Florida.
The beluga had a ruptured intestine probably related to parasites, which were found in the whale’s abdomen, lungs and kidneys, Burek said. The parasites likely led to an entanglement within a section of the intestines, leading it to rupture. “Very unusual,” Burek said. “I’ve never seen anything like that before.”
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.
NOAA has declared an “unusual mortality event” for gray whales on the North American west coast and launched an investigation.
Sea ice in the Chukchi Sea disappeared far earlier than normal this spring as a result of exceptionally warm ocean temperatures.
Why did the sea lion cross the road? Scientists don't know yet.
Sea ice has shrunk, but scientists are seeing signs that Alaska's bowhead whales are flourishing.
NOAA is monitoring significant numbers of gray whale deaths this spring along the Pacific coast.
Thinning sea ice has driven more than 50 polar bears ashore on an Arctic archipelago in northern Russia, causing chaos for the local population.
The third such bite in two years prompted a police warning in the Aleutian Islands town.
The sea lions have posed a long-running conundrum for wildlife officials, pitting mammals protected under federal law against protected — and valuable — fish runs.
The herds are increasingly moving around in Bristol Bay, perhaps seeking new feeding grounds, a biologist said.
A Wales resident shot and killed the bear. With the loss of sea ice and the ocean staying open later in the year, polar bears have been spending more time on land, which increases the chance of human encounters.
The rehabilitation center in Seward doesn’t usually get bearded seals, which live much farther north.
Aerial surveys this September and October show the bowheads aren’t where they usually are.
The notoriously difficult-to-study Pacific walrus population decreased by about half between 1981 and 1999, likely due to hunting and changes to sea-ice habitat, according to a new USGS study that is considered the most up-to-date and comprehensive so far. The Pacific walrus is being considered for Endangered Species Act protections.
The Seward facility began housing five seals found in the Cook Inlet area and another that was rescued in Juneau.
Walruses over the last decade have come to shore on the Alaska and Russia sides of the Chukchi Sea as sea ice diminishes because of global warming.
It’s rare to see humpbacks in Turnagain Arm, known for its swift tides and shallow waters.
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