Various salmon species, such as these sockeye salmon in Alaska, after hatching in the streams inland, migrate into the open sea where they remain and grow for a few years before migrating back to their original streams, spawning and then dying. This is called an...
Earlier than in the past years the walruses come to the beach of Point Lay due to the lack of sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Pacific walruses started to gather earlier than usual on land, on a beach at the Chukchi Sea. The...
Three polar bears are searching for food along the coast of the Beaufort Sea within the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) On August 17, 2020, the Trump administration completed a plan to authorize oil and gas...
Musk oxen prefer low precipitation tundra as their habitat. They are mainly found in lower-lying plains and river valleys. If they fail to build up a sufficient fat reserve for the winter due to poor grazing and weather conditions, they are threatened with starvation,...
UPDATEOpponents of the controversial road construction project do not simply accept the federal government’s decision and filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Alaska on Tuesday. The Northern Alaska Environment Center and another eight environmental...
