Musk ox invasion keeps wildlife managers busy in Alaskan city
Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves — although
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Ice-Blog: Arctic birds breeding earlier
Migratory birds that breed in the Arctic are starting to nest earlier in spring because the snow melt is occurring
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Did Arctic fox evolve from Himalayas?
Today’s Arctic foxes are likely descendants of foxes that acclimated to cold and extreme conditions millions of years ago in
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Video: Collar cams record polar bear point of view
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are using new video collars to get a glimpse into the daily life of
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In Alaska bear encounters, could old advice be completely wrong?
Sometimes you have to wonder if the efforts that go into trying to teach people how to handle bear encounters
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Red foxes conquering Alaska’s North Slope: study
Red foxes, which began showing up in the Prudhoe Bay area in the late 1980s, are gradually conquering Alaska’s North
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Police take down wolf prowling residencies in Finland
Late Wednesday night police shot a wolf that has repeatedly spent the daylight hours prowling areas of human habitation around
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Officials worry raccoons are settling in Sweden
Reported sightings of raccoons in southeastern Sweden have officials again worried the animal is settling in the country. Two independent
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Biologists expect module will help them treat sick, injured polar bears
If a sick or distressed adult polar bear is spotted on Alaska’s North Slope, wildlife managers have few options. They
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Investigation into walrus disease closes with no culprit identified
An investigation into a mysterious disease afflicting Pacific walruses has been closed with no culprit identified, federal agencies said on
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Blog: Reindeer migration (by boat!) in Arctic Norway (VIDEO)
Norway’s public broadcaster NRK has a spectacular timelapse video up on their website showing reindeer migrating to an Arctic island….
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New study helps scientists better understand the world of walruses
There is a magical spot in the northern Bering Sea where, if ice and weather conditions are just right, large
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Proposal: Use assault rifles in Sweden’s wild-boar hunt
A major wants to enlist soldiers armed with assault rifles in an effort to stem the rapid growth of Sweden’s
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Genetic studies of polar bears’ past raises questions about their future
Today’s polar, brown and black bears are the descendants of common ancestors that first began to split off into different
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Video: Watch 3,000 reindeer cross frozen river in Arctic Canada
A videographer in the Arctic town of Inuvik in Canada’s Northwest Territories captured the annual reindeer crossing at Swimming Point
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