Polar bear mothers give birth and raise their cubs in a den in the first few months. Only around April/May they leave the dens and try to get to the pack ice as soon as possible in order to be able to provide food and hunting lessons for the cubs. Photo: Michael...
Alaska’s bears are now not even safe in their dens during hibernation. Since early July, it has been legal again to shoot bear mothers and cubs in their dens. This practice has little to do with hunting as such. Photograph: Ken Ilugnas/National Park Service...
The places on the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, here Unalaska, are quite often affected by earthquakes. A major tsunami in the region would cause significant structural damage. The hilly terrain offers the inhabitants opportunities for evacuation. Photo:...
This 14-millimeter fragment of a jawbone along with the tooth showed that dinosaurs lived and bred in Alaska during the late Cretaceous period. Picture: Chiarenza et al (2020) PLOS ONE Dinosaurs in the polar regions are no longer fantasy. Numerous fossil finds in the...
Beavers colonize water-rich landscapes and create new habitats with their structures and contribute to flood protection. In the Arctic, however, they could help to strengthen climate change. Photo: Ken Tape, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks In...
