Traditionally, throughout many Indigenous coastal communities in Western Alaska, when a young family member hunts their first seal of the season, their family hosts a party to distribute that ...

Now there is more bad news about microplastics in Alaska: They are passed on from maternal spotted seals to their fetuses, according to research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.

However, perhaps the most enigmatic population of freshwater seals can be found a little closer to home in Alaska's Iliamna Lake. Despite their wider anonymity, the Iliamna seals have long been ...

Harbor seals in Alaska’s icy fjords rely on icebergs calved from glaciers as critical habitats for giving birth, raising pups, and molting. A recent study reveals how climate-driven changes in ...

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In the fall, the men paddled seagoing canoes, laden with seal products for trade, to the Alaska Commercial Company’s post in Prince William Sound. An 1899 photo of a section of the Ḵeik ...

Judge in Alaska Sets Aside Critical Habitat Designation for Threatened Bearded, Ringed Seals ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge in Alaska has set aside a federal agency's action designating an ...

Elephant seals are migratory, with the adults swimming north along the coastline as far as Alaska and out into the northern Pacific. After they are weaned — and have spent a month on the beach ...