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UW researchers decipher beluga calls to bolster conservation efforts
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (575+ words) Beluga whales use vocalizations to socialize, stick together and avoid danger. The new study, published May 7 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, investigated the behavioral, social and environmental contexts in which the whales produce various calls. "We knew that human-generated noise…...
Alaska Sea Grant at Com Fish
1+ week, 1+ day ago (247+ words) Kodiak fishermen brought their A-game to the city harbor last month for a timed skills competition. A dozen local fishers took part in the friendly contest, organized by Alaska Sea Grant as part of the annual Com Fish Alaska trade…...
Commenting Opportunity on Subsistence Hunting in National Parks System Units
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (107+ words) By AFN on Apr 3, 2026 Comments Off on Commenting Opportunity on Subsistence Hunting in National Parks System Units This proposed rule is open for comment until Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 7: 59p. m. AKDT (11: 59 p. m. EST). The Alaska Federation of Natives encourages you to review the…...
Shaping the science on beaver expansion
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (245+ words) Beavers may be new to the Arctic, but they're already leaving their mark." "People would point to a spot and say, "When I was a kid, we used to fish here, and now there's a beaver dam," said University of…...
Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, UBC study finds
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (407+ words) Arctic tracking shows ringed seals trade safety for food variety'evidence that conservation plans must factor in both food and fear. As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is…...
Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (486+ words) A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11, 000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show that commercial hunting of bowhead whales, which spanned 400 years…...
Wolves kill'and ravens remember where
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (494+ words) Legend had it that ravens followed wolves to fresh kills. A tracking study reveals a much more interesting scavenging strategy. When a wolf pack runs down its prey, the first on the scene is often the raven. Even before the…...
Pelagic Trawl Accountability: Definition, Operation, Enforcement
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) That gap between definition, operation, and enforcement is the accountability problem. The Alaska Healthy Habitat Alliance (AHHA) has submitted three proposals before the Alaska Board of Fisheries that are designed to make the state's existing pelagic trawl standard measurable and…...
Pacific Cod Gene Expression Analysis Reveals how Changing Oceans Impact Larvae
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (13+ words) Alaska Native News...
Old-growth logging project in the Tongass National Forest revived
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) The U. S. Forest Service releases a final environmental impact statement moving forward with the largest old-growth logging project on the Tongass in years "AK'W KW"AN AAN" / JUNEAU, ALASKA " The U. S. Forest Service is reviving a massive old-growth logging project that covers…...