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SAVING THE SEA OTTER
In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters some of the world's most valuable pelts. In North America sea otters once ranged from ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner3y
Alaska's most numerous and leggy animals
Such iconic creatures adorn Alaskan books, clothing and artwork. When I arrived in 2006 to begin work as the Curator of Insects for the University of Alaska Museum, I was thrilled to see these ...
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Microplastics are in the fetal tissues of Alaska spotted seals, new research finds
UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...
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A family's 1-year-old dog went missing in Alaska. One month later, the dog showed up — in a town 150 miles across the Bering Sea.
A dog that went missing in Alaska last month arrived home safely after making a 150-mile trek on the frozen Bering Sea. Nanuq ... surmised he might have caught animals in the area.
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The bird at the center of the worst single-species mortality event in modern history isn’t recovering, scientists say
As temperatures in Alaska ... animals like murres, other elements also may be contributing to marine life changes. “From an ecological perspective … microplastics, ocean acidification, sea ...