Deer Hunter Is Killed in Apparent Bear Attack in Alaska, Authorities Say
Tad Fujioka, 50, was reported overdue from a deer hunting trip in the Sitka area of Alaska, near Juneau, the authorities said ...
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Biden administration sets stage for minimal 2nd lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou ...
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Research from Alaska finds more polar bears are exposed to pathogens
A polar bear at the Zoo Sauvage de St-Felicien in Saint-Felicien, Que., Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques ...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on challenges to voting in Alaska Native villages
The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across ...
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Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why.
The bird flu infected and killed a polar bear and walruses in the Arctic for the first time. Phocine distemper virus appeared in sea otters in Alaska, after killing thousands of European harbor ...
Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic
As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed.
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Polar bears are being exposed to more pathogens as the climate warms
The Chukchi Sea polar bear population was a perfect fit. These bears, native to the waters between Alaska and Russia, have experienced dramatic losses of sea ice habitat, leading many to spend ...
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The ability to cast a ballot isn't always guaranteed in Alaska's far-flung Native villages
We are reporting from Kaktovik, Alaska above the Arctic Circle. And you might know Kaktovik as the home of polar bear tourism in Alaska. Well, I had to run off *** few polar bears last night.
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Research from Alaska finds more polar bears are exposed to pathogens
A polar bear at the Zoo Sauvage de St-Felicien in Saint-Felicien, Que., Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot Researchers out of Alaska say some polar bears in the Arctic now ...
The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages
The polling place in the tiny Arctic village of Kaktovik never opened when Alaska had its primary election this summer ...