Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Polar bear in fatal Wales attack was in poor health
A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal
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Trump policy improperly denied protection to walruses, U.S. court rules
Thursday’s ruling ‘gives the Pacific walrus a fighting chance,’ says Center for Biological Diversity attorney A U.S. federal appeals court
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New rules proposed for Alaska predator hunting
The state of Alaska has, in recent years, loosened the rules for hunting wolves and bears, but federal wildlife managers
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U.S. polar bear conservation plan focuses on near-term goals
The federal agency that manages polar bears concedes the most important action needed to protect the threatened animals – reduction
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Rare ribbon seal sighting in Prince William Sound, Alaska
A federal wildlife technician got a rare treat in Prince William Sound last week. Marty Reedy was driving a boat
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Mouse menace on Alaska’s St-George Island
If house mice invade your remote Bering Sea island for the first time, who do you call? Try the mouse
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