Parasite in uncooked walrus meat made ten Alaskans sick, says health protection agency
The first sign came when a teenage girl from Gambell ended up in the hospital last summer. She was having
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Rare seals from Finland’s Saimaa lake in danger, says WWF
One of the world’s rarest seal species faces a renewed threat from fishing nets as a temporary ban is lifted
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$50 million in federal funds headed to Alaska for fish and wildlife services
WASHINGTON — Alaska will receive more than $50 million this year from the Interior Department through a fund for protecting
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Less seal on the menu for hungry polar bears in Svalbard, Norway
Polar bears’ diet is changing as sea-ice declines in the coastal waters around Svalbard. Less ringed seals are killed by
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New national park on Russia’s border to Norway and Finland
The Karablekk park will combine tourist activities with environmental monitoring and educational activities, regional authorities in Murmansk say. «The appearance
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Norwegian «slow TV» follows reindeer herd to the coast of the Barents Sea
Weeklong 24/7 live broadcast follows the Sami herder family and almost 1500 reindeers from winter to summer pastures.
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Group challenges constitutionality of move to revoke Alaska refuge hunting rule
WASHINGTON — An environmental group has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a congressional resolution that repealed a U.S.
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Environmental group sues Canadian government over caribou
The non-profit national charity conservation group, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has launched a lawsuit against the federal
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As woody shrubs move north in a warming Arctic, so do beavers
As the Arctic climate warms and woody shrubs spread northward over the tundra, several animal species have followed. Among the
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Climate change may harm polar bear’s ability to hunt
A new study shows polar bears travel crosswind when winds are light to hunt seals, but climate change means winds
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Ultra-rare Saimaa seals still dying in fishing nets in Finland
At least two critically-endangered Saimaa Ringed Seals have drowned recently in fishing nets in eastern Finland’s lake district. Restrictions on
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Northern Edge military exercise again brings unease to Alaska coastal towns
A massive military exercise will return this spring to the Gulf of Alaska, and so is the controversy over its environmental
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An Alaska volcano and DNA reveal the timing of bison’s arrival in North America
After humans, the mammals most successful at colonizing North America were the bison that thundered across the Great Plains. Just
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New federal project to count eider population poisoned by shot in Alaska
Threatened spectacled eiders, sea ducks that have died in large numbers after ingesting lead from hunters’ spent ammunition, will be
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U.S. Senate lifts ban on predator killing in Alaska refuges
The U.S. Senate today voted to overturn an Obama Administration rule that banned certain methods of killing predators on national
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